| Leo Baekeland  AKA Leo Hendrik Baekeland
Born: 14-Nov-1863
Birthplace: Ghent, Belgium
Died: 23-Feb-1944
Location of death: Beacon, NY
Cause of death: Cerebral Hemorrhage
Remains: Buried, Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Scientist Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Inventor of Velox and Bakelite Wife: Celine Swarts (m. 1889, one son, one daughter)
Son: George
Daughter: Nina
University: PhD, University of Ghent (1884, maxima cum laude)
Professor: University of Ghent (-1889)
American Chemical Society President (1924)
Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society
National Inventors Hall of Fame
Appears on the cover of:
Time, 22-Sep-1924
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