Henry Bessemer

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Henry Bessemer was a 19th-century English inventor and engineer best known for developing the Bessemer process, which revolutionized mass steel production.

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instanceOf engineer
human
inventor
metallurgist
awardReceived Order of the Bath
Royal Society of Arts Albert Medal
birthDate 1813-01-19
birthPlace Charlton, Hertfordshire, England
burialPlace West Norwood Cemetery, London
causeOfDeath natural causes
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
deathDate 1898-03-15
deathPlace Denmark Hill, London, England
educatedIn self-taught engineering and metallurgy
era 19th century
ethnicGroup English
familyName Bessemer
father Anthony Bessemer
fieldOfWork mechanical engineering
metallurgy
fullName Sir Henry Bessemer
linked to: Henry Bessemer
givenName Henry
hasProcessNamedAfter Bessemer process
honorificTitle Sir
industry iron and steel industry
steelmaking
influenced civil engineering
railway construction
shipbuilding
steel industry
knownFor development of the Bessemer process for steelmaking
revolutionizing mass steel production
language English
name Henry Bessemer
notableIdea air-blown converter for decarburizing pig iron
notableWork Bessemer process
occupation engineer
industrialist
inventor
patent Bessemer process for the manufacture of steel
linked to: Bessemer process
patentDate 1856
positionHeld Fellow of the Royal Society
residence London
linked to: London, England

Sheffield
significantEvent introduction of the Bessemer converter in the 1850s
spouse Anne Bessemer
linked to: Anthony Bessemer

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West Norwood Cemetery hasNotableBurial Sir Henry Bessemer
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West Norwood Cemetery hasNotableBurial Sir Henry Bessemer, 1st Baronet
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West Norwood Cemetery hasNotableBurial Sir Henry Bessemer, engineer
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West Norwood Cemetery hasNotableBurial Sir Henry Bessemer, inventor
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West Norwood Cemetery hasNotableBurial Sir Henry Bessemer, metallurgist
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West Norwood Cemetery hasNotableBurial Sir Henry Bessemer, British inventor
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West Norwood Cemetery hasNotableBurial Sir Henry Bessemer, British engineer
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Bessemer, Alabama namedAfter Henry Bessemer
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Alexander Lyman Holley influencedBy Henry Bessemer
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Bessemer, Pennsylvania namedAfter Henry Bessemer