Henri Dreyfus

Henri Dreyfus
Born7 January 1882
Basel, Switzerland
Died30 December 1944 (1944-12-31) (aged 62)
NationalitySwiss, British
OccupationChemist
Known forCelanese

Henri Dreyfus (or Henry Dreyfus, 7 January 1882 – 30 December 1944[1]) was a Swiss inventor of the modern weaving loom. He and his brother Camille Dreyfus also invented Celanese, an acetate yarn.

  1. ^ The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History[permanent dead link‍], William D. Rubinstein Michael Jolles, Hilary L. Rubinstein