Roller skates Roller skates Roller skates are shoes, or bindings that fit onto shoes, that are worn to enable the wearer to roll along on wheels. The first roller skate was effectively an ice skate with wheels replacing the blade. Later the "quad" style of roller skate became more popular consisting of four wheels arranged in the same configuration as a typical car. While the first reported use of roller skates was on a London stage in 1743, the first patented roller skate was introduced in 1760 by Belgian inventor John Joseph Merlin. His roller skate wasn't much more than an ice
Jean-Joseph Sue (1760–1830) Jean-Joseph Sue (1760–1830) Jean-Joseph Sue () or Jean-Joseph Sue (son) ( – ) was a French physician and surgeon during the Napoleonic Era. He was the father of Eugène Sue. He was born in Paris. His father was Jean-Joseph Sue "père" (1710–1792), who came from a 14 physicians family since Louis XIV. He received the Master of Surgery from the University of Paris in 1781 then earned his M.D. from the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1783. His elder brother was Pierre Sue. He did not succeed his father to the Hôpital de la Charité where he only