biography
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Swinburne, Sir James
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1858–1958)
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| biography:
| British scientist, ‘the father of British plastics’. He was a pioneer in the plastics industry, and the founder of Bakelite Ltd. His research on phenolic resins resulted in a process for producing synthetic resin, but his patent for this was anticipated (by one day) by the Belgian chemist, Leo Baekeland. |
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