Wallace Hume Carothers (April 27, 1896 - April 29, 1937) was an American chemist, inventor, and the leader of organic chemistry at DuPont, who is credited with the invention of nylon. Wikipedia
In a section entitled The New Alchemy, the magazine discusses how Carothers discovered the procedure for synthesizing polymers. www.accentgold.dupont.com/corp/news/daily/2002/dn08_23_02...
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Wallace H. Carothers was born on April 27, 1896 in Berlington, Iowa. He graduated from Terkin College with a bachelor of science in 1920, and earned his Ph.D. in 1924 from the University of Illinois. For a short time Carothers taught at the University.. www.bookrags.com/Wallace_Carothers
Dr. Wallace Hume Carothers ( April 27 , 1896 - April 29 , 1937 ) was the leader of Organic chemistry at DuPont . He was born in Burlington, Iowa . Dr. Carothers began his academic career as a faculty member of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champa www.ufaqs.com/wiki/en/wa/Wallace%20Carothers.htm
