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2 unusual facts about Leo Baekeland


Gerhard Hessert

He was married to Cornelia Fitch Baekeland, the granddaughter of Leo Baekeland, the inventor of Bakelite.

Sir James Swinburne, 9th Baronet

Swinburne and Leo Baekeland later founded the Demard Lacquer Company, which eventually became Bakelite Limited, which Swinburne served as chairman and, in 1948, as honorary president.


Peter Gimbel

He parachuted into the Peruvian Andes with G. Brooks Baekeland (grandson of Leo Baekeland, the inventor of Bakelite) and Peter Lake in search of the lost Inca city of Vilcabamba.


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