Austin Bide


Sir Austin Ernest Bide was a British chemist and industrialist. He was president of Glaxo from 1973 to 1985, and chairman of British Leyland from 1984 to 1986. He was knighted in 1980. He died in St. Anthony's Hospital of bronchopneumonia after suffering from a stroke.
He was the son of Eliza and Ernest Bide. His father died fighting in World War I in 1918, in France.