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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