Harry Brearley
(1871-1948)

Died aged c. 77

Harry Brearley (18 February 1871 – 14 July 1948)was an English metallurgist, credited with the invention of "rustless steel" (later to be called "stainless steel" in the anglophone world). Based in Sheffield, his invention brought affordable cutlery to the masses, and saw an expansion of the city's traditional cutlery trade.

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Walton Cottage. Harry Brearley 1871-1948 Inventor of Stainless Steel metallurgist born in Sheffield. He created Stainless Steel in 1913 and was subsequently awarded the Bessemer Gold Medal inn 1920. Died here in 1948 in the house he built for his retirement

, Torquay, United Kingdom where they lived -1948)