George J. Seabury

George John Seabury (November 10, 1844 – February 13, 1909) was an American chemist and pharmacist.

In 1874 he and Robert Wood Johnson invented a new type of adhesive bandage.

[2] He served in the Army during the early part of the American Civil War.

He first enlisted as a drummer boy in the Twelfth Regiment and served for more than a year in the Army of the Potomac.

[2] Together with Robert Wood, Seabury improved on the medicated adhesive plaster by introducing a rubber base.