Morgan, Sir Gilbert

Morgan, Sir Gilbert T., and Pratt, David D. (1938). British Chemical Industry Its Rise and Development. London Edward Arnold Co. 

These are thermoset polymers made from phenol or, less commonly, phenolic-type compounds such as the cresols, xylenols, and resorcinol, together with formaldehyde. They had been known for some time - G.T (later Sir Gilbert) Morgan discovered them in the early 1890s when attempting (unsuccessfully) to make artificial dyestuffs by reaction of phenol with formaldehyde. But this knowledge had not been exploited before 1907, the year in which Leo... 

Sir Gilbert Morgan discovered phenol-formaldehyde polymers in the early 1890s while attempting to make artificial dyestuffs, but it was Leo Baekeland in the USA that exploited the reaction and obtained a patent for a commercial synthetic polymer in 1907. Phenol and formaldehyde were reacted in alkaline conditions with loss of water which formed an intermediate solid or liquid... 

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