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Leo Hendrik Baekeland

American chemist and inventor
Date of Birth:
Country: USA

Content:
  1. Early Life and Education
  2. Career in Photography
  3. The Invention of Bakelite
  4. Later Years and Eccentricity

Early Life and Education

Leo Hendrik Baekeland was born on November 14, , in Ghent, Belgium, to a shoemaker and a maid.

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    • He graduated with honors from the Ghent Municipal Technical School (GMTS) and received a scholarship from his hometown to study chemistry at Ghent University, where he earned his doctorate (summa cum laude) at the age of only

    Career in Photography

    After working as an adjunct professor of chemistry, Baekeland married Celine Sworst, the daughter of his department head, and traveled to New York City for his honeymoon.

    There, he met Richard Anthony of the photo materials company E.&H.T. Anthony and Company. Inspired by his invention of a photo-developing process using water instead of other chemicals, Baekeland decided to move to America, where Anthony