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Leo Hendrik Baekeland Born: 1863Birthplace: Ghent, Belgium Synthetic resins—Baekeland developed the thermosetting synthetic resin bakelite which helped found the modern plastics industry. He also invented Velox photographic paper. (1978) Died: 1944Fact Monster/Information Please® Database, © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
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