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