Vera Furness | |
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| Born | Vera Isabella Furness 2 June 1921 Birmingham, England |
| Died | 2002 (age 80–81) Limavady, Northern Ireland |
| Alma mater | University of London |
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| Years active | 1953–1981 |
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Vera Isabella Furness MBE (2 June 1921 –2002) was an English chemist and industrial manager who worked for Courtaulds in Coventry and later Campsie from 1953 to 1981. She worked on the production of the acrylic Courtelle and developed a copolymer that would allow for a more successful commercial dying of the filter. Furness then incorporated a reagent into the process giving it a near white fibre. She was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1971.