Édouard Bénédictus

Édouard Bénédictus was a French artist and chemist who invented safety glass in 1909. He discovered that a sheet of celluloid bonded between two pieces of glass prevented the glass from shattering into dangerous shards when broken. This early form of safety glass was later improved with the use of polyvinyl butyral (PVB) in 1936, which became the standard material for safety glass due to its desirable properties. Safety glass is designed to break into small, relatively harmless fragments rather than large, jagged pieces, making it a crucial safety feature in many applications.1