Charles Goodyear
American chemist
Charles Goodyear was an American self-taught chemist and manufacturing engineer who developed vulcanized rubber, for which he received patent number 3633 from the United States Patent Office on June 15, 1844. Wikipedia
Born: December 29, 1800, New Haven, CT
Died: July 1, 1860 (age 59 years), New York, NY
Children: Charles Goodyear, Jr., Cynthia Goodyear, William Henry Goodyear, and more
Parents: Amasa Goodyear and Cynthia Bateman Goodyear
Siblings: Nelson Goodyear, Henry Goodyear, Robert Goodyear, and more
Spouse: Clarissa Beecher Goodyear (m. 1824–1860)
Projects: vulcanize rubber discovered in 1839, process perfected and patented in 1844