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Aspdin, Joseph (1779–1855)| English stonemason and inventor. In 1824 he patented Portland cement, manufactured from clay and limestone, a hydraulic cement that would set hard even under water. |
| He was one of several people searching for an artificial cement in an effort to reduce the building industry's dependence on increasingly scarce and expensive timber. |
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