1907-1983 American chemist and inventor who revolutionized the plastics industry with the development and introduction of Tupperware, which he invented in the 1930s but did not produce until 1947 because of World War II. While a chemist at E.I. duPont...

Earl Silas Tupper (July 28, 1907–October 5, 1983) was the inventor of Tupperware, an airtight plastic container for storing food. He was born on a farm in Berlin, New Hampshire, USA. After school, Tupper began a landscaping and nursery business...

GLOBE NORTHWEST 1 SHIRLEY - For a trip back in time to a kitchen out of the 1950s - with bright red and blue dishes and pastel-colored Tupperware containers - head to the Shirley Historical Society Museum at the Lucy Longley Memorial Building...

Joan Maimonis talks about Tupperware with an almost evengelical fervor. "It's a great product," she says, arranging a display of the colorful plastics just before a party in a Braintree home. "My kids and my husband are my passion, but I also love...