Dr Joseph George Davidson FRSE (February 7, 1892 – October 9, 1969) was an American chemist and inventor.
During World War I he was commissioned in the US Army as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Chemical Warfare Service (largely connected with the development of mustard gas), but with his role being connected more closely to mines, in the Bureau of Mines in Pittsburg.
[1] During World War II, he headed Union Carbide's subcontract to carry out the gaseous diffusion separation of uranium in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, which produced the fissile material for the first atomic bomb.
He held twenty-eight patents, the best known being Bakelite (named for its inventor, Leo Baekeland).
He also held patents on lacquers, antiknock fuels, pickling inhibitors, and laminated safety glass.