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.

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.

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