Hoe, Richard (March)

(born Sept. 12, 1812, New York, N.Y., U.S.—died June 7, 1886, Florence, Italy) U.S. inventor and printing-press manufacturer. He was the son of Robert Hoe, who cofounded (1805) a printing-equipment company in New York City. Richard joined the business in 1827 and became its head when his father died. He replaced the flatbed press with the first successful rotary press (patented 1847). He followed this innovation with the web press (1865) and the web perfecting press (1871), revolutionary improvements that made the large-circulation daily newspaper possible.

Source: Encyclopedia Britannica