My first Magazine SFI Little Book - April Re-print edits included | Page 46

88 1945 86 1929 Irishman, Joseph ‘Spud’ Murphy, the man behind Tayto, came up with the modern day flavourings on crisps, it all began with cheese & onion, barbecue and salt & vinegar. Kathleen Lonsdale from Kildare was the first to show that the benzene ring was flat. 87 1901-1971 Tipperary born, John Desmond Bernal, known as the Sage because of his extensive knowledge, was considered an expert in X-ray crystallography. 89 1680 Hans Sloane, born in County Down, brought milk chocolate to the UK after discovering on a trip to Jamaica that mixing chocolate with milk made the bitter cocoa more palatable.