Robert Chesebrough

Robert Chesebrough
Born
Robert Augustus Chesebrough

(1837-01-09)January 9, 1837
London, England
DiedSeptember 8, 1933(1933-09-08) (aged 96)
Known forPetroleum jelly
Spouse
Margaret McCredy
(m. 1864; died 1887)
Children4
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Robert Augustus Chesebrough (/ˈzbr/;[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.

  1. ^ Wells, John C. (2008). Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (3rd ed.). Longman. ISBN 978-1-4058-8118-0.

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