Yes. Their names were Joseph Plunkett and Elizabeth Garst (who went by "Bessie"). They were married in 1909.
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From the 1930s to the present, beginning with neoprene and nylon, the American chemical industry has introduced a cornucopia of polymers to the consumer. Teflon, discovered by Roy Plunkett (1910-1994) at DuPont's Jackson Laboratory in 1938, was an accidental invention-unlike most of the other polymer products. But as Plunkett often told student audiences, his mind was prepared by education and training to recognize novelty. By Bryan Coby
Andrea Plunket was born in 1937, in Budapest, Hungary.
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