Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Henry Bessemer (1838-1907)

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Henry Bessemer (1838-1907)

1838 Born in Hemel Hempsted, Herts, son of Henry Bessemer

1861 Analytical chemist, living with his parents in Kentish Town, London

Married Henrietta.

1871 Dissolution of the Partnership between Henry Bessemer the younger and Alfred George Bessemer, in the business of Iron and Steel Manufacturers, under the firm of Bessemer Brothers, at the London Iron and Steel Works, East Greenwich, in the county of Kent[1]

1872 Birth of son Herbert in Wandsworth

1907 Died

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Sources of Information

  1. London Gazette 12 Sept 1871