Charles Goodyear

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Charles Goodyear was a 19th-century American self-taught chemist and inventor best known for developing the vulcanization process that made rubber durable and commercially viable.

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Charles Goodyear canonical 9

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instanceOf American ⓘ
chemist ⓘ
human ⓘ
inventor ⓘ
birthDate 1800-12-29 ⓘ
birthPlace New Haven, Connecticut, United States ⓘ
burialPlace New Haven, Connecticut, United States ⓘ
causeOfDeath illness ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1860-07-01 ⓘ
deathPlace New York City, New York, United States ⓘ
discoveryMethod accidental discovery during experiments with rubber and sulfur ⓘ
education self-taught chemist ⓘ
era 19th century ⓘ
familyName Goodyear ⓘ
fieldOfWork chemistry ⓘ
materials science ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Charles ⓘ
hasLegacy Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company named in his honor ⓘ
hasWork Experiments on India Rubber (pamphlets and writings) ⓘ
honor induction into the National Inventors Hall of Fame ⓘ
statue in Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut ⓘ
improvedPropertyOf elasticity of rubber ⓘ
temperature resistance of rubber ⓘ
influenced automotive industry ⓘ
rubber industry ⓘ
knownFor development of durable rubber ⓘ
vulcanization of rubber ⓘ
madeCommerciallyViable rubber ⓘ
materialWorkedOn natural rubber ⓘ
name Charles Goodyear ⓘ
notableInvention vulcanization process ⓘ
vulcanized rubber ⓘ
numberOfChildren 7 ⓘ
occupation chemist ⓘ
inventor ⓘ
patent US patent for vulcanized rubber (1844) ⓘ
patentDate 1844-06-15 ⓘ
patentJurisdiction United States ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
residence New Haven, Connecticut, United States ⓘ
New York City, New York, United States ⓘ
linked to: New York City

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
linked to: Philadelphia
spouse Clarissa Beecher Goodyear ⓘ
usedSubstanceInInvention rubber ⓘ
sulfur ⓘ

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Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company → namedAfter → Charles Goodyear ⓘ
Grove Street Cemetery → hasNotableBurial → Charles Goodyear ⓘ
Grove Street Cemetery → hasBurial → Charles Goodyear ⓘ
Charles Goodyear → name → Charles Goodyear ⓘ
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company → namedAfter → Charles Goodyear ⓘ
subject linked to: GT
Charles Goodyear Medal → namedAfter → Charles Goodyear ⓘ