George Herbert Skinner (1872–1931) was a British boot and shoe manufacturer, enthusiastic pioneer motorist[1] and inventor of a well-known carburettor which remained in production almost the entire twentieth century until superseded by fuel injection systems.

[1] Herbert, with his brother Carl, Thomas Carlisle Skinner (1882-1958), made a newly developed carburettor in 1904.

[4][12] He was one of the founders and the vice-president of the Institute of Patentees and well-known in the City of London as an active member of the Cordwainers' Company.

He represented England as a clay bird shot in the 1908 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal.

[5] Herbert Skinner died suddenly at his house in Woodville Road, Ealing, on 29 December 1931, aged 59.