Bessemer, Sir Henry, (1813-1898), Knight engineer and inventor

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Surname:	Bessemer
Pretitle:	Sir
Forenames:	Henry
Gender:	Male
Date:	1813-1898
Biography:	ODNB link for Bessemer, Sir Henry (1813-1898), Knight engineer and inventor
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P134228 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P2412 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Sir Henry Bessemer

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	collection of MS material, books and drawings	Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3)		See Foster & Sheppard, British Archives (4th edition, 2002)
2	1856-97: corresp and papers rel to Dowlais Iron Co	Glamorgan Archives	D/DG C.2	NRA 9506 Glamorgan scientific
3	1857-8, 1881: student papers and corresp rel to Bessemer Medel	Imperial College Archives and Corporate Records Unit		NRA 9526 ICST scientific See HMC MS Papers of British Scientists 1640-1940
4	1871: letter to JC Bayley rel to improvements in pig iron business	Institution of Mechanical Engineers Archive	IMS 485	See Annual Return 2004