Napleton, Lewis

(active c. 1960-1980), microwave author

Just out of the RAF, Lewis Napleton joined the food manufacturing and tea-shop-owning firm of J. Lyons in the early ’50s. He was soon closely involved in microwave projects during his pupillage there. He went on to devote the rest of his professional life to the promotion and sale of microwave ovens by Lyons, Philips, and the American firm of Litton, where he was the former leader of the European sales team.

He has had six books published about modern commercial and domestic food service topics, on which he has also been a prolific freelance author of technical subjects for many publications.