Wallace Carothers
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Wallace Hume Carothers was an American chemist, inventor, and the leader of organic chemistry at DuPont, who was credited with the invention of nylon.
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Nathaniel WyethAlso won Lavoisier Medal for Lifetime Technical Achievement
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United StatesCategory
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
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Lived 1896 to 1937 · aged 41
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