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Wednesday 23rd of February 1944

80 years ago



Chemist Leo Henricus Arthur Baekeland aka The Father of the Plastics Industry dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 81 in Craig Hause, Beacon, New York, United States.


Baekeland became a recluse, eating all of his meals from cans and becoming obsessed with developing an immense tropical garden on his winter estate in Coconut Grove, Florida.