Background
Born in Brentford, Middlesex, his father was a schoolmaster turned soap manufacturer.
Born in Brentford, Middlesex, his father was a schoolmaster turned soap manufacturer.
King"s College London.
In 1888 they published what was to become a standard work on papermaking. 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. He was awarded the John Scott Medal in 1895.
He died in 1935.
Royal Society.