James Bert Garner

For other people named James Garner, see James Garner (disambiguation).
James B. Garner at age 45 around the time he invented the gas mask.
Two associates of James Bert Garner wearing his original gas masks.

James Bert Garner (September 2, 1870 – November 28, 1960) was an American chemical engineer and professor at the Mellon Institute of Industrial Research from 1914 until his retirement in 1957. He is credited with the invention of a World War I gas mask design in 1915.