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English metallurgists

  • Henry BessemerHenry Bessemer entered the world on the 19th of January 1813 in London. His father Anthony was a member of a Huguenot family that had fled Paris during the…
  • Henry CortHenry Cort lived in an office on Crutched Friars near Aldgate in London during 1765. He served as a Royal Navy pay agent collecting half pay and widows'…