Sir Henry Bessemer FRS
(1813-1898)
Fellow of the Royal Society, inventor, engineer, and Knight Bachelor (from 1879)
Commemorated on 3 plaques
Bessemer House (1901) Former offices of Bessemer Steel Co. Across the road Henry Bessemer in 1859 established the first commercial Bessemer melting shop in Britain, leading to the worldwide introduction of cheap bulk steel
Bessemer House, Carlisle Street East, Sheffield, United Kingdom where they was
Sir Henry Bessemer FRS inventor and engineer was born here 1813
?, Charlton, Hitchin, United Kingdom where they was born (1813)
Sir Henry Bessemer FRS Engineer Inventor Born 1813 Died 1898 Lived in a house previously on this site from 1833. Inventor of the steel production process that contributed to the industrial revolution.
15 Northampton Square, Islington, London, United Kingdom where they lived