James Thomas Humberstone, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

James Thomas Humberstone

English chemical engineer, who invented the Shanks system to make sodium carbonate

Date of Birth: 08-Jul-1850

Place of Birth: Dover, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 12-Jun-1939

Profession: engineer, chemist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

James Thomas Humberstone (8 July 1850 – 12 June 1939) was an English chemical engineer.
In 1872, he founded the Peru Nitrate Company to extract saltpetre in the Tarapacá Province of Peru (now part of the Tarapacá Region of Chile.
He introduced the Shanks System and other innovations to the industry.
The mining town of Humberstone now forms part of the Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works, now abandoned, they were declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2005.