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Leo Hendrik Baekeland (1863-1944)

Born in Belgium.
He invented phenolformaldehyde.
Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Adolf von Baeyer (1835-1917)

Born in Germany.
He elucidated the structure of indigo.
Sir Frederick Banting (1871-1941)

Born in Canada.
He isolated the insulin molecule.
He was awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine in 1923.
Frederick Bergius (1884-1949)

Born in Sweden.
He invented a method of converting coal dust into oil by pressurized hydrogen.
He invented a method for the production of cattle feed from wood by hydrolysis.
He was awarded the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 1911.
Claude Louis Berthollet (1748-1822)

Born in France.
He discovered the bleaching power of chlorine.
He studied the combining weights of atoms.
Friedrich Konrad Beilstein (1838-1906)

Born in Russia.
He compiled a multivolume compendium of the properties and reactions of organic chemicals.
Johann Berzelius (1779-1848)

Born in Sweden.
He discovered selinium, silicon, thorium, titanium, and zirconium.
He classified minerals chemically.
He originated the terms catalyst and .
Paul Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran (1838-1912)

Born in France.
He discovered gallium, dysprosium, and samarium.
Ludwig Boltzmann (1844-1906)

Born in Austria.
He developed the kinetic theory of gases.
He formulated Boltzmann's Law.
Sir Robert Boyle (1637-1691)

Born in Ireland.
He formulated the first gas laws.
He conceived that small particles combine to form molecules.
He formulated Boyle's Law.
Robert Wilhelm Bunsen (1811-1899)

Born in Germany.
He discovered caesium and rubidium.
He improved the method of silicate analysis.