

The Man in the White Suit
An altruistic chemist invents a fabric which resists wear and stain as a boon to humanity, but big business and labor realize it must be suppressed for economic reasons.














17 June 1918, Lisbon, Portugal

22 October 1917, Wombwell, Barnsley, Yorkshire, England, UK

December 22, 1905 in Mitcham, Surrey, England, UK

25 May 1888, Croydon, Surrey, England, UK

29 April 1914, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

August 31, 1907 in South Norwood, Surrey, England, UK

May 13, 1907 in Walthamstow, Essex, England, UK

27 April 1911, Ceylon [now Sri Lanka]

16 December 1910, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK

14 July 1914, Willesden, London, England, UK

December 12, 1902 in Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK

4 March 1912, Camberley, Surrey, England, UK

January 24, 1919 in Heidelberg, Germany

September 26, 1886 in Gibraltar

July 23, 1944 in Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, England, UK


23 November 1916, Kuala Lumpur, British Malaya [now Malaysia]

19 February 1896, Rochdale, Lancashire, England, UK

February 21, 1905 in Dundee, Tayside, Scotland, UK

15 January 1879, Chelsea, London, England, UK

March 19, 1890 in Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK

January 1, 1880 in Marylebone, London, England, UK

4 March 1921, Chelsea, London, England, UK

June 6, 1924 in Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, England, UK


January 11, 1911 in Cardiff, Wales, UK

March 8, 1899 in Barry Docks, Wales, UK

July 11, 1912 in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England, UK

1873 in Hastings, Sussex, England, UK

February 22, 1909 in London, England, UK