Alexander Parkes
(1813-1890)

inventor of the first plastic and plastics pioneer

Died aged 76

Alexander Parkes (29 December 1813 – 29 June 1890) was a metallurgist and inventor from Birmingham, England. He created Parkesine, the first man-made plastic.

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Commemorated on 3 plaques

Spudgun67 on Wikimedia Commons
Birmingham, United Kingdom
RichH on Wikimedia Commons
London, United Kingdom
Spudgun67 on Wikimedia Commons
London, United Kingdom

Alexander Parkes 1813-1890 Inventor of the first plastic, worked on this site for Elkington, Mason & Company, electroplaters, circa 1840-1850

Old Elkington Works, 144 Newhall Street, Birmingham, United Kingdom where they worked

First plastic in the world known as "Parkesine", invented by Alexander Parkes, first made near this site 1866 at the Parkesine Works

Berkshire Road / Wallis Road, Hackney Wick, London, United Kingdom where they worked near

Alexander Parkes (1813-1890) plastics pioneer lived here

32 Park Hall Road, West Dulwich, London, United Kingdom where they lived