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Leo Hendrik Baekeland
32 9000 9 Ghent, VOV, BE
1863(11/14) - 1944(02/23)
From wikipedia "He has been called 'The Father of the Plastics Industry' for his invention of Bakelite, an inexpensive, non-flammable and versatile plastic, which marked the beginning of the modern plastics industry... He told The Literary Digest: 'The name is a Dutch word meaning 'Land of Beacons.''"

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