James Muspratt

James Muspratt
James Muspratt
Born12 August 1793 (1793-08-12)
Dublin, Ireland
Died4 May 1886 (1886-05-05) (aged 92)
Liverpool, England
NationalityUnited Kingdom
Scientific career
FieldsChemist, industrialist
Notes
The first to use the Leblanc process commercially

James Muspratt (12 August 1793 – 4 May 1886) was a British chemical manufacturer who was the first to make alkali by the Leblanc process on a large scale in the United Kingdom.