# Alastair Pilkington

> Sir Lionel Alexander Bethune Pilkington, 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.

*British inventor (1920–1995)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Country:** United Kingdom
- **Born:** 1920-01-07
- **Died:** 1995-05-05
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 41.3 / 100
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- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q337659)

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