John Wesley Hyatt (1837 – 1920) was an American plastics manufacturer and the inventor of celluloid. Hyatt was born in Starkey, New York, in 1837. At sixteen, Hyatt began work as a printer in Illinois and later in Albany, New York, where billiard ball maker Phelan & Collander was offering a $10,000 reward for a … Continue reading Hyatt, John Wesley