| Last name | Fulton |
| First name | Robert |
| Display name | Robert Fulton |
| Birth date | 1765 |
| Death date | 1815 |
| Gender | m |
| Affiliations | review |
| Bio notes | American engineer and inventor who is widely credited with developing a commercially successful steamboat called Clermont. Fulton was appointed by the Governor of New York, a member of the Erie Canal Commission. |