Nathaniel Hayward

Nathaniel Manley Hayward (January 19, 1808 – July 18, 1865)[1] was a US businessman and inventor best known for developing the process of vulcanization and for his collaboration with Charles Goodyear[2] Hayward met Goodyear in 1837 and shared with him the discovery he had made, almost accidentally, while working at a rubber factory in Roxbury, Connecticut.[3]

Hayward's former home in Colchester, Connecticut, has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1972.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Ancestry.com record
  2. ↑ Encyclopedia Britannica:Charlese Goodyear
  3. ↑ NNDB:Charles Goodyear
  4. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13.