Charles Frederick Cross FRS ^[1] (11 December 1855 ? 15 April 1935) was a British chemist . ^[2]

Born in Brentford , Middlesex , his father, Charles James Cross (14 October 1827 - 19 November 1910) , was a schoolmaster turned soap manufacturer. After graduating from King's College London , he went to Zurich Polytechnic and then, with his future partner, Edward John Bevan , to Owens College , Manchester.

Cross who was interested in cellulose technology and Bevan who had been a chemist at the Scottish papermaking firm of Alexander Cowan & Co. went into partnership in 1885 and set up as analytical and consulting chemists in New Court, Lincoln's Inn in London.

In 1888 they published what was to become a standard work on papermaking. In 1892, together with another partner, Clayton Beadle they took out a patent for Viscose which became the basis for the viscose , rayon and cellophane industries. In 1894 Cross and Bevan took out a patent for the manufacture of cellulose acetate - this was to become the industrial process for its manufacture.

Cross was a recipient of the Perkin Medal of the Society of Dyers and Colourists. He was awarded the John Scott Medal in 1895. He died in 1935.

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• Named Things in Chemical Industry ^{[ permanent dead link ]}

External links [ edit ]

• Works by or about Charles Frederick Cross at Wikisource
• Works by Charles Frederick Cross at Project Gutenberg
• Works by or about Charles Frederick Cross at Internet Archive
• Plastiquarian brief on Cross and Bevan