Robert Chesebrough
American chemist
Robert Augustus Chesebrough was an American chemist who discovered petroleum jelly—which he marketed as Vaseline—and founder of the Chesebrough Manufacturing Company. Wikipedia
Born: January 9, 1837, London, United Kingdom
Died: September 8, 1933 (age 96 years), Spring Lake, NJ
Children: 4
Parents: Henry Augustus Chesebrough
Known for: Petroleum jelly
Spouse: Margaret McCredy (m. 1864; died 1887)