Joseph Wickham Roe (1871 - 1960) was an American engineer and Professor of Industrial Engineering at the New York University, known for his seminal work on machine tools and machine tool builders history.
[1][2] Roe was born in 1871 as youngest child of Alfred Cox, pastor of a Presbyterian church and educator, and Emma Wickham Roe.
After attending the Burr and Burton Academy, he graduated in 1895 at the Yale's Sheffield Scientific School, and after years of practice received his Master of Engineering in 1907.
[3] Roe started his career in industry, working for different manufacturing companies from 1895 to 1907.
From 1907 to 1917 he was faculty member at the Sheffield Scientific School, where he taught mechanical engineering and machine design.