John Roebuck
1718 – 1794
Inventor, early industrial engineer, physician, and financier.
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Roebuck was a gifted inventor who pioneered the industrial production process for sulfuric acid. He was also an early financier of James Watt’s steam engine. He was educated at Edinburgh and a well respected physician. In politics, he was a firm supporter of Parliament’s right to tax the colonies.
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