Jacques E. Brandenberger, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Swiss chemist, inventor of cellophane (1872-1954)
Date of Birth: 19-Oct-1872
Place of Birth: Zürich, canton of Zürich, Switzerland
Date of Death: 13-Jul-1954
Profession: chemist
Nationality: Switzerland
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Jacques E. Brandenberger
- Jacques Edwin Brandenberger (19 October 1872 – 13 July 1954) was a Swiss chemist and textile engineer who in 1908 invented cellophane.
- He was awarded the Franklin Institute's Elliott Cresson Medal in 1937. Brandenberger was born in Zurich in 1872.
- He graduated from the University of Bern in 1895.
- In 1908 Brandenberger invented cellophane.
- Made from wood cellulose, cellophane was intended as a coating to make cloth more resistant to staining.
- After several years of further research and refinements, he began production of cellophane in 1920 marketing it for industrial purposes.
- He sold the US rights to DuPont in 1923.
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