• 2.1 Career in Europe (1786–1806). 2.2 Career in the United States (1806–1815).
  • Robert Fulton was an American inventor who designed the first commercially successful steamboat. Learn more about his life, career, and inventions.
  • Robert Fulton, American inventor, engineer, and artist who brought steamboating from the experimental stage to commercial success with his boat, the Clermont.