biography
| name: |
Chardonnet, (Louis Marie) Hilaire Berignaud, comte de (Count of)
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pronunciation:
[shah(r)donay]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1839–1924)
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| biography:
| Chemist, born in Besançon, NE France. He trained as a civil engineer, and by 1878 was working on artificial fibres. He became a pioneer of the artificial-silk (rayon) industry. |
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