Kilner jar for Historical Archeology. In an episode of the BBC's "Who Do You Think You Are?", the former "Top Gear" television presenter Jeremy Clarkson found out that he was a great-great-great-great grandson of John Kilner. The various names of the Kilner companies were: Kilner jar A Kilner jar is a rubber-sealed, screw-topped jar used for preserving (bottling) food. It was first produced by John Kilner & Co., Yorkshire, England. The Kilner Jar was originally made by a firm of glass bottlemakers from Yorkshire called Kilner. The original Kilner bottlemakers operated from 1842, when the company was first founded, until 1937, when
David S. Mason David S. Mason David Stewart Mason (born November 23, 1947) is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Butler University in Indianapolis. His most recent book, "The End of the American Century" (Rowman & Littlefield, 2008) explores the interrelated dimensions of America's domestic and international decline. That book has been translated and published in China, by the Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House. Mason was born in Washington, D.C. in 1947; received his B.A. in Government from Cornell University in 1969; his M.A. in International Affairs from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in 1971; and his Ph.D. in Political Science