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Alexander Parkes, inventor of 'Parkesine', an early plastic.. . Parkes, Alexander English chemist and inventor _1813-1890 . . Alexander Parkes from a pencil drawing . Alexander Parkes was born in 1813, the fourth of 8 children. He was apprenticed to a brass founders, later joining Elkington, Mason & Co. as manager of a casting department. A prolific inventor, he took out more than 80 patents, mostly related to metallurgy.