# James Thomas Humberstone

> James Thomas Humberstone was an English chemical engineer. In 1872, he founded the Peru Nitrate Company to extract saltpetre in the Tarapacá Province of Peru. He introduced the Shanks System and other innovations to the industry.

*English chemical engineer, who invented the Shanks system to make sodium carbonate (1850–1939)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Country:** United Kingdom
- **Born:** 1850-07-08
- **Died:** 1939-06-12
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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