Robert Chesebrough
American chemist (1837–1933) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Robert Augustus Chesebrough (/ˈtʃiːzbroʊ/;[1] January 9, 1837 – September 8, 1933) was an American chemist who discovered petroleum jelly—which he marketed as Vaseline—and founder of the Chesebrough Manufacturing Company.
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Robert Chesebrough | |
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Born | Robert Augustus Chesebrough (1837-01-09)January 9, 1837 London, England |
Died | September 8, 1933(1933-09-08) (aged 96) Spring Lake, New Jersey, U.S. |
Known for | Petroleum jelly |
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Margaret McCredy
(m. 1864; died 1887) |
Children | 4 |
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