Wallace Carothers
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 87 years ago |
| Date of birth | April 27,1896 |
| Zodiac sign | Taurus |
| Born | Burlington |
| Iowa | |
| United States | |
| Date of died | April 29,1937 |
| Died | Philadelphia |
| Pennsylvania | |
| United States | |
| Nationality | American |
| Books | Collected Papers of Wallace Hume Carothers on High Polymeric Substances |
| Siblings | Isobel Carothers Berolzheimer |
| Job | Engineer |
| Chemist | |
| Inventor | |
| Education | Tarkio College |
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | |
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | |
| Known for | neoprene |
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| ID | 440171 |
Wallace Carothers Life story
Wallace Hume Carothers was an American chemist, inventor and the leader of organic chemistry at DuPont, who was credited with the invention of nylon. Carothers was a group leader at the DuPont Experimental Station laboratory, near Wilmington, Delaware, where most polymer research was done.
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