caption death_date children birth_place image_size nationality birth_date article_title significant_projects name
robert hoe 4 january 1833 peter smith hoe robert hoe richard march hoe leicestershire , england 150 england 29 october 1784 robert hoe
 printing-press robert hoe
robert hoe

robert hoe -lrb- 1784 -- 1833 -rrb- was born in leicestershire , england .
he was indentured to a joiner , in 1803 emigrated to the united states , worked for a time as a master carpenter , and subsequently was an associate of his brothers-in-law , peter and matthew smith , in the business of carpentry and in the manufacture of a hand printing press invented by peter smith .
in 1823 he became sole proprietor of the r. hoe & company , retiring in 1832 .
a skilled mechanic , he constructed and introduced the original hoe press and was , it is thought , the earliest american machinist to utilize steam as a motive power in his plant .
