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About St. Julien Ravenel
St. Julien Ravenel was an American medical doctor and agricultural chemist. During the American Civil War, he designed the torpedo boat CSS David that was used to attack the Union ironclad USS New Ironsides. After the war, he helped pioneer the use of fertilizers in agriculture and led the growth of phosphate fertilizer manufacturing in Charleston, South Carolina.
Everything about St. Julien Ravenel →- Occupation
- chemist
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- December 15, 1819
- Died
- March 16, 1882