# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wallace-carothers
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:01:48.651Z

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name: "Wallace Carothers"
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description: "Wallace Hume Carothers was an American chemist, inventor, and the leader of organic chemistry at DuPont, who was credited with the invention of nylon."
tagline: "American organic chemist (1896–1937)"
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country:
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category:
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birthDate: "1896-04-27"
deathDate: "1937-04-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump