Science Museum - Parkesine was the invention of an energetic Birmingham scientist, Alexander Parkes (1813-90). He discovered that if he mixed cellulose nitrate with plasticisers and solvents, he produced a mouldable substance -
![Friends of West Norwood Cemetery (FOWNC) on Twitter: "Alexander Parkes died #OTD 1890 in West Dulwich. He invented #Parkesine, the first man-made plastic, which was exhibited at the 1862 London International Exhibition. Friends of West Norwood Cemetery (FOWNC) on Twitter: "Alexander Parkes died #OTD 1890 in West Dulwich. He invented #Parkesine, the first man-made plastic, which was exhibited at the 1862 London International Exhibition.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dg2v2pvW0AA7rhN.jpg)
Friends of West Norwood Cemetery (FOWNC) on Twitter: "Alexander Parkes died #OTD 1890 in West Dulwich. He invented #Parkesine, the first man-made plastic, which was exhibited at the 1862 London International Exhibition.
Victorian chemist's Parkesine plastic invention uncovered by Bow Arts project goes on public show | East London Advertiser
![Science Museum on Twitter: "In 1800s there was a push to make synthetic materials. Parkes was first to make Parkesine, an early plastic http://t.co/kFiCUDOd3m" / Twitter Science Museum on Twitter: "In 1800s there was a push to make synthetic materials. Parkes was first to make Parkesine, an early plastic http://t.co/kFiCUDOd3m" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bjf5FC_IMAEsyMr.jpg)
Science Museum on Twitter: "In 1800s there was a push to make synthetic materials. Parkes was first to make Parkesine, an early plastic http://t.co/kFiCUDOd3m" / Twitter
![From Parkesine to Celluloid: The Birth of Organic Plastics - Rasmussen - 2021 - Angewandte Chemie International Edition - Wiley Online Library From Parkesine to Celluloid: The Birth of Organic Plastics - Rasmussen - 2021 - Angewandte Chemie International Edition - Wiley Online Library](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/cms/asset/c8a74559-da5f-4e17-84ce-8ea917781aa7/anie202015095-toc-0001-m.jpg)
From Parkesine to Celluloid: The Birth of Organic Plastics - Rasmussen - 2021 - Angewandte Chemie International Edition - Wiley Online Library
![Parkesine - Museum of Design in Plastics - Arts University Bournemouth - VADS - online resource for visual arts Parkesine - Museum of Design in Plastics - Arts University Bournemouth - VADS - online resource for visual arts](https://www.vads.ac.uk/digital/api/singleitem/image/MODIP/4177/default.jpg)