Born : 29 December 1766 Glasgow
Died : 25 July 1843 (aged 76) Dunchattan
Nationality : Scottish
Charles Macintosh FRS was a Scottish chemist and inventor of waterproof fabrics.
Macintosh was born in Glasgow, the son of George Macintosh and Mary Moore, and was first employed as a clerk.
Macintosh married, in 1790, Mary Fisher, daughter of Alexander Fisher a merchant of Glasgow.
They had one son, George Macintosh (1791-1848)
He Began Working as a Chemist Before He Turned 20 & Was Later Inducted Into the Royal Society for His Discoveries.
He devoted all his spare time to science, particularly chemistry, and before he was twenty resigned his clerkship to take up the manufacture of chemicals.
In this he was highly successful, inventing various new processes. His experiments with one of the by-products of tar, naphtha, led to his invention of waterproof fabric
Charles Macintosh Chemist died in 1843 at Dunchattan, Scotland, and was buried in the churchyard of Glasgow Cathedral.
29th December 2016 The Search Engine Google is showing this animated Doodle in many countries for the Charles Macintosh’s 250th Birthday
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