John Raphael Rogers

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. == References ==