John Raphael Rogers

John Raphael Rogers invented the Typograph, a form of typesetting machine. The patent for setting a line of type in a single bar of metal was held by the Linotype Company|Linotype] company, so Rogers was unable to market his invention in the US. He sold the patent to a German company, and it was used successfully in Germany for some years.

Biography

John Raphael Rogers was born in Roseville, Illinois on December 11, 1856, to John A. Rogers and Elizabeth Embree Rogers. He graduated from Oberlin College with a bachelor's degree in 1875. He worked as a school teacher and school superintendent until 1886, after which he worked on his inventions full time. He received a patent for the Rogers Typograph in 1888.
He died at his home in Brooklyn on February 18, 1934.