Alastair Pilkington
Sir Alastair Pilkington | |
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| Born | Lionel Alexander Bethune Pilkington 7 January 1920 Calcutta, India |
| Died | 5 May 1995 |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
| Engineering career | |
| Significant advance | Float glass process |
Sir Lionel Alexander Bethune Pilkington OBE FRS (7 January 1920 – 5 May 1995), known as Sir Alastair Pilkington, was a British engineer and businessman who invented and perfected the float glass process for commercial manufacturing of plate glass.