Charles Frederick Cross was born in 1855. His father 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. 1855 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... There are a number of institutions known as Kings College: Kings College London, a college of the University of London Kings College, Aberdeen, a college in Aberdeen, Scotland Kings College, Cambridge, a constituent college of the University of Cambridge Kings College a private boarding secondary... London (pronounced ) is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. ...

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. Cellulose as polymer of β-D-glucose Cellulose in 3D Cellulose (C6H10O5)n is a long-chain polymeric polysaccharide carbohydrate, of beta-glucose [1][2]. It forms the primary structural component of green plants. ...

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. Viscose is a viscous organic liquid used to make rayon and cellophane. ... Viscose is a viscous organic liquid used to make rayon and cellophane. ... Rayon is a manufactured regenerated cellulosic fiber. ... Cellophane is a thin, transparent sheet made of processed cellulose. ... Acetate, or ethanoate, is the anion of a salt or ester of acetic acid. ...

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

External links

• Plastiquarian brief on Cross and Bevan