Edmund
Charles
Rossiter
(1867 - 1937)
invented
thiourea plastics
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Edmund Charles Rossiter was born in
1867 and in 1893 he became chemist to the Oldbury
Syndicate, from which emerged the British
Cyanides Company and of which he was appointed
their first Chief Chemist.
He was responsible for many processes used by the
company but his major contribution was the
invention of 'Beetle' thiourea
formaldehyde resins and moulding powders, at
a difficult period in the company's history.
In 1928 he became consulting chemist to the BIP
Group (to which British Cyanides belonged) until
his death in February 1937 at the age of 70.
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