John Roebuck of Kinneil FRS FRSE was an English industrialist, inventor, mechanical engineer, and physician who played an important role in the Industrial Revolution and who is known for developing the industrial-scale manufacture of sulfuric... Wikipedia
Born: 1718, Sheffield, United Kingdom
Died: July 17, 1794 (age 76 years), Bo'ness, United Kingdom
Children: Benjamin Roebuck