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

Julius Aloysius Arthur Nieuwland, CSC, (14 February 1878 – 11 June 1936) was a Belgian-born Holy Crosspriest 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 eventually led to the invention of neoprene by DuPont.

Life and work

Nieuwland's parents emigrated from Hansbeke, Belgium in 1880 to South Bend, Indiana.

Nieuwland, Julius Arthur (), organic chemist and botanist.

Nieuwland, Julius Arthur (), organic chemist and botanist.

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Julius Aloysius Arthur Nieuwland, CSC, (14 February – 11 June ) was a Belgian-born Holy Cross priest and professor of chemistry and botany.

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Julius Arthur Nieuwland was born at Hansbeke, Belgium, Feb. 14, , the son of John Baptiste and Philomena (Van Hoecke) Nieuwland.

As a young man, Nieuwland enrolled at the University of Notre Dame, where he studied Latin and Greek and received his undergraduate degree in 1899. He soon after began studies for the priesthood. Ordained in 1903, Nieuwland attended graduate school at The Catholic University of America, where he studied botany and chemistry.

During his doctoral studies into the chemistry of acetylene, he discovered the chemical compound lewi