Roebuck biography and germany
The chemist and entrepreneur John Roebuck influenced important developments in the British Industrial Revolution, particularly in the manufacture of sulphuric....
Thomas Roebuck
Scottish army officer of the East India Company, orientalist and lexicographer
Thomas Roebuck (–) was a Scottish army officer of the East India Company, known as an orientalist and lexicographer.
Life
A grandson of inventor John Roebuck, he was born in Linlithgowshire; politician John Arthur Roebuck was a cousin. Born in , he attended school at Alloa, and then Edinburgh High School.
John Roebuck was a British physician, chemist, and inventor, perhaps best-known for having subsidized the experiments of the Scottish.
His uncle, Benjamin Roebuck (died ), of the Madras civil service, found him an appointment with the East India Company, and early in he left England to enter the 17th regiment of native infantry as a cadet. He became lieutenant-captain on 17 September , and captain on 15 June [1][2]
Roebuck learned Hindustani, and was asked to use it when his regiment was on active service.
In poor health, he obtained leave from –, and returned to the United Kingdom. In March , Roebuck was attached to Fort William College, Madras, as assistant-secretary and examiner. He was