Robert Fulton

(1765-1815)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Fulton, Robert, 1765-1815 LBT ID: RoFulto1815 VIAF ID: 41858391 LOC ID: n50016797	B/BAP: 1765-11-14 DIED: 1815-02-24
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American engineer and inventor who developed a commercially successful steamboat.
REFERENCES TO Robert Fulton: Robert Southey to Grosvenor C. Bedford, 26 May 1813 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Found 1: ¶ 1 Charles Cuthbert Southey, The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Ch. XVIII. 1813