Samuel Smith (chemist)

{{Short description|American chemist}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Samuel Smith

| image = Smith Samuel.gif

| alt =

| caption = Samuel Smith (1927-2005)

| birth_date = {{birth date|1927|9|13}}

| birth_place = New York City

| death_date = {{death date and age|2005|1|6|1927|9|13}}

| death_place =

| nationality =American

| known_for = Scotchgard Co-inventor

|alma_mater=University of Michigan

| occupation = Chemist

}}

Samuel Smith (September 13, 1927 – January 1, 2005) was an American chemist who co-invented Scotchgard with Patsy Sherman while an employee at the 3M company in 1952.{{cite news |title=Patsy Sherman co-invented Scotchgard |url=http://www.startribune.com/obituaries/15596637.html?refer=y |quote=In 1953, Sherman and Samuel Smith focused on an accident in a 3M lab, after an experimental compound dripped on someone's canvas tennis shoes and couldn't be cleaned off. |newspaper=StarTribune |date= February 13, 2008 |access-date=2012-10-13 }}