Julius Nieuwland, Belgian priest, chemist and academic (died 1936)

Julius Nieuwland

Belgian-born Holy Cross priest and professor of chemistry and botany

Julius Aloysius Arthur Nieuwland, CSC, was a Belgian-born Holy Cross priest and professor of chemistry and botany at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana. He is known for his contributions to acetylene research and its use as the basis for one type of synthetic rubber, which…