43.Who invented Bakelite, which is one of the first commercially successful plastics of the world? [A] Leo Baekeland [B] Otto Bayer [C] Arthur W. Carpenter [D] Jean-Baptiste Donnet Show Answer
Leo Hendrik Baekeland Like many of the people who have made important contributions to American life, Leo Hendrik Baekeland was an immigrant. He was born in Belgium, in the Flemish city of Ghent, on November 14, 1863. His father, a cobbler, opposed his son's wish for an education and apprenticed him at age 13 to a shoemaker.
