Richard Roberts (engineer)

Richard Roberts
by Edward Villiers Rippingille
Born22 April 1789 (1789-04-22)
Llanymynech, United Kingdom
Died11 March 1864 (1864-03-12) (aged 74)
London, United Kingdom
Resting placeKensal Green Cemetery
NationalityWelsh
OccupationEngineer
Known forMachine tools

Richard Roberts (22 April 1789 – 11 March 1864) was a Welsh patternmaker and engineer whose development of high-precision machine tools contributed to the birth of production engineering and mass production.

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