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In 1893 I founded a chemical company which I ran until 1899.

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Leo Baekeland
Age: 80 †
Born: 1863
Born: November 14
Died: 1944
Died: February 23
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Chemist
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Leo Henricus Arthur Baekeland
Leo Hendrick Baekeland
Leo Hendrik Baekeland
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