Henry Dreyfus
Henry Dreyfus · Science & Medicine
Chemist known for cellulose acetate fibers and plastics
1882, Basel, Switzerland — 1944, London, England
Switzerland · United Kingdom · United States
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Henry Dreyfus was a Swiss-born chemist and industrialist who, with his brother Camille, developed practical cellulose acetate — used in safety film, plastics, and the acetate ('Celanese') textile fibers that reshaped the synthetic-fabric industry. He built the Celanese companies in Britain and America. He is Jewish.
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Chemist known for cellulose acetate fibers and plastics
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry
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