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April 29, 1937 (41 years old)
Zodiac Sign
Taurus
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Celebrities born on April 27
Born in 1896
Born in Burlington, Iowa
Taurus named Wallace
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First name Wallace
Wallace Carothers
Wallace Hume Carothers was an American chemist, inventor and the leader of organic chemistry at DuPont, who was credited with the invention of nylon. Carothers was a group leader at the DuPont Experimental Station laboratory, near Wilmington, Delaware, where most polymer research was done. Carothers was an organic chemist who, in addition to first developing nylon, also helped lay the groundwork for neoprene. After receiving his Ph.D., he taught at several universities before he was hired by DuPont to work on fundamental research. He married Helen Sweetman on February 21, 1936. Carothers had been troubled by periods of depression since his youth. Despite his success with nylon, he felt that he had not accomplished much and had run out of ideas. His unhappiness was exacerbated by the death of his sister, and on April 28, 1937 he committed suicide by drinking potassium cyanide. His daughter, Jane, was born on November 27, 1937.
BornApril 27, 1896, Burlington, Iowa, United States
DiedApril 29, 1937, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
FieldsOrganic chemistry
Alma materUniversity of Illinois
Known forInvention of neoprene and nylon

About Wallace Carothers

Entrepreneur Wallace Carothers was born in Burlington, Iowa, United States on April 27, 1896. He dies at the age of 41, on April 29, 1937.

While researching on a silk alternative, a DuPont chemist invented nylons.

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Wallace Carothers before becoming famous

Wallace Carothers was born in the Zodiac sign Taurus (The Bull), and 1896 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Monkey (猴).

DuPont hired him to create a substitute for silk, which was primarily sourced from Japan.

Achievement of Wallace Carothers

At a symposium headlined We Enter the World of Tomorrow, his finished nylon was unveiled to 3,000 women. After his death in 1982, he was admitted into the Alpha Chi Sigma Hall of Fame.

Wallace Carothers's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

He was the oldest of four children, with two sisters and one brother.

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His services to Entrepreneur Pierre S. du Pont's company were ground-breaking and history-making.

Pierre S. du Pont (1870 - 1954) (Entrepreneur)
Pierre S. du Pont (1870 - 1954)

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Wallace Carothers Income & Net worth

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