Claude_de_Jouffroy
Claude-François-Dorothée, marquis de Jouffroy d'Abbans
French naval architect and engineer (1751–1832)
Claude-François-Dorothée, marquis de Jouffroy d'Abbans (30 September 1751 - 18 July 1832) was a French naval architect and engineer. He was the inventor of the first steamboat, leading to the first industrial revolution by launching a new dynamic on the waters of the globe.