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Henry Bessemer

1813 - 1898

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Sir Henry Bessemer (19 January 1813 – 15 March 1898) was an English inventor, whose steel-making process would become the most important technique for making steel in the nineteenth century for almost one hundred years. He also played a significant role in establishing the town of Sheffield, nicknamed ‘Steel City’, as a major industrial centre. Bessemer had been trying to reduce the cost of steel-making for military ordnance, and developed his system for blowing air through molten pig iron to remove the impurities. This made steel easier, quicker and cheaper to manufacture, and revolutionised structural engineering. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Bessemer is the 105th most popular inventor (down from 83rd in 2019), the 997th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 638th in 2019) and the 16th most popular British Inventor.

Henry Bessemer is most famous for inventing the Bessemer process, which allowed steel to be made in a cheaper and faster way.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Henry Bessemer ranks 105 out of 426. Before him are Momofuku Ando, Alexander Stepanovich Popov, Richard Arkwright, Elisha Otis, Charles-Émile Reynaud, and Kōnosuke Matsushita. After him are Étienne-Jules Marey, Orban, Walter Hunt, Abraham-Louis Breguet, Vladimir K. Zworykin, and William Webb Ellis.

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Among people born in 1813, Henry Bessemer ranks 14. Before him are Petar II Petrović-Njegoš, Franz Miklosich, Georg Büchner, Baron Alexander von Bach, Charles-Valentin Alkan, and Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters. After him are Harriet Jacobs, Theophil Hansen, James Dwight Dana, Thomas Andrews, Princess Marie of Orléans, and Louis Lucien Bonaparte. Among people deceased in 1898, Henry Bessemer ranks 22. Before him are Charles Garnier, Félicien Rops, Theodor Fontane, Eleanor Marx, John Newlands, and Heungseon Daewongun. After him are Frances Willard, Edward Burne-Jones, Zachris Topelius, Georges Rodenbach, Princess Francisca of Brazil, and George Müller.

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Among people born in United Kingdom, Henry Bessemer ranks 997 out of 8,785. Before him are James Clark Ross (1800), Alfred Molina (1953), Leigh Hunt (1784), Michael Palin (1943), Harry Kane (1993), and William Bradford (1590). After him are Thomas Chippendale (1718), Julie Walters (1950), Edward B. Titchener (1867), Julia Gillard (1961), Jony Ive (1967), and Richard Wilson (1936).

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Among INVENTORS In United Kingdom

Among inventors born in United Kingdom, Henry Bessemer ranks 16. Before him are John Boyd Dunlop (1840), Henry Fox Talbot (1800), Rowland Hill (1795), Thomas Savery (1650), John Harrison (1693), and Richard Arkwright (1732). After him are William Webb Ellis (1806), James Hargreaves (1720), Edmund Cartwright (1743), Samuel Crompton (1753), W. O. Bentley (1888), and John Kay (1704).

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