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Robert Chesebrough | |
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Born | Robert Augustus Chesebrough January 9, 1837 London, England |
Died | September 8, 1933 Spring Lake, New Jersey, U.S. | (aged 96)
Known for | Petroleum jelly |
Spouse |
Margaret McCredy
(m. 1864; died 1887) |
Children | 4 |
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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.