Henry Bessemer

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engineer human inventor metallurgist

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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Surface form	Occurrences
Sir Henry Bessemer	4
Sir Henry Bessemer, 1st Baronet	1
Sir Henry Bessemer, British engineer	1
Sir Henry Bessemer, British inventor	1
Sir Henry Bessemer, engineer	1
Sir Henry Bessemer, inventor	1
Sir Henry Bessemer, metallurgist	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
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	Henry Bessemer self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sir 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 self-link ⓘ
notableIdea	air-blown converter for decarburizing pig iron ⓘ
notableWork	Bessemer process ⓘ
occupation	engineer ⓘ industrialist ⓘ inventor ⓘ
patent	Bessemer process ⓘ surface form: Bessemer process for the manufacture of steel
patentDate	1856 ⓘ
positionHeld	Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) ⓘ surface form: Fellow of the Royal Society
residence	London, England ⓘ surface form: London Sheffield ⓘ
significantEvent	introduction of the Bessemer converter in the 1850s ⓘ
spouse	Anthony Bessemer ⓘ surface form: Anne Bessemer

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Charlton, Hertfordshire, England → birthplaceOf → Henry Bessemer ⓘ

Anthony Bessemer → child → Henry Bessemer ⓘ

Bessemer process → developedBy → Henry Bessemer ⓘ

Bessemer → developer → Henry Bessemer ⓘ

subject surface form: Bessemer process

Henry Bessemer → fullName → Henry Bessemer self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sir Henry Bessemer

West Norwood Cemetery, London → hasNotableBurial → Henry Bessemer ⓘ