Hoe, Richard March
manufacturer, inventor, was born Sept. 12, 1812, in New York city. He was one of three sons of the original founder of the house of Robert Hoe. These three sons, with Richard as head of the firm, in 1847 gave to the world the first rotary printing press, and later the web perfecting printing machines, which have made the cheap newspaper a possibility, and completely revolutionized the world of printing. He died June 7, 1886, in Italy. revolutionized the world of printing. He born Oct. 29, 1784, in England. The Hoe press was brought out by him, and built from ideas that were obtained from the English flat-bed cylinder presses. He is said to have been the first American machinist to employ steam as a motor for his machinery. He died Jan. 4, 1833, in Westchester county, N. Y.
Westchester county, N. Y. his machinery. He died Jan. 4, 1833, in born July 19, 1815, in New York city. He was associated with his father and elder brother in the manufacture of printing was associated with his father and elder the National Academy of Design, and a patron of young artists. He died Sept. 13, 1884, in Tarrytown, N. Y.