print email comment close The Time 100: Leo Baekeland URL: http://www.time.com/time/time100/scientist/profile/baekeland.html Description: Profile of Belgian-American chemist Leo Baekeland, who developed in 1907 the first all-artificial plastic, which he called Bakelite. Includes a discussion of his attempts to create artificial shellac, which lead to his creation of Bakelite. Bakelite was advertised as "'the material of a thousand uses.' It became the stuff of everything from cigar holders and rosary beads to radio housings, distributor caps and telephone casings." From Time magazine. Author: Amato, Iva Publisher: Time Inc. Extra Keywords velox LII Database Information: Record 24137 created by Maria Brandt on 07/16/2007 Last modification on 07/19/2007 Published: 07/19/2007   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/24137