| Hilaire de Chardonnet | |
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Hilaire de Chardonnet |
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| Born | 1 May 1839 Besançon, France |
| Died | 11 March 1924 (aged 84) Paris, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Title | Count |
Hilaire de Chardonnet (1 May 1839 – 11 March 1924), born Louis-Marie Hilaire Bernigaud de Chardonnet, was a French engineer and industrialist from Besançon, inventor of artificial silk.
He called his new invention "Chardonnet silk" and displayed it in the Paris Exhibition of 1889.[1]
He was the first one to patent the artificial silk but Georges Audemars invented a variety called Rayon in 1855.