Sir Robert Hadfield FRS 1st Baronet
(1858-1940)
developer of manganese steel, Knight Bachelor (from 1908), Fellow of the Royal Society (from 1909), and 1st Baronet Hadfield of Sheffield (from 1917)
Commemorated on 2 plaques
Hecla Works, Newhall Road. At Hecla Works Robert A Hadfield developed manganese steel, one of the first 'special' steels. Hadfields once employed 15,000 here and at East Hecla Works, Tinsley
ex-Hecla Works, Newhall Road, Sheffield, United Kingdom where they developed manganese steel
