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Dr Wallace Hume Carothers

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Dr Wallace Hume Carothers

Birth
Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa, USA
Death
29 Apr 1937 (aged 41)
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
Plot
Block 28
Memorial ID
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Inventor. A brilliant chemist, scholar, and inventor, considered the father of the science of man-made polymers and the man responsible for the invention of nylon and neoprene. Inspite of his amazing career in which he held over 50 patents, he was a very troubled individual, likely bi-polar. Compounded by the death of his sister, Wallace took his life before his first child was born.
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Inventor. A brilliant chemist, scholar, and inventor, considered the father of the science of man-made polymers and the man responsible for the invention of nylon and neoprene. Inspite of his amazing career in which he held over 50 patents, he was a very troubled individual, likely bi-polar. Compounded by the death of his sister, Wallace took his life before his first child was born.
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