Steel Heroes
During the last 150 years, there have been many people who have pushed forward the boundaries of knowledge when it came to iron and steelmaking.
Here we have selected some of the prominent ones over that period. Many were Bessemer Medal winners, and were prominent in the Iron and Steel Institute.
Past Heroes of the Steel Industry
- Sir Henry Bessemer
- Robert Forester Mushet
- Sir Isaac Lowthian Bell
- William Menelaus
- Sidney Gilchrist Thomas & Percy Carlyle Gilchrist
- Dr John Edward Stead
- Sir Robert Abbott Hadfield
- Harry Brearly
- Dr William Herbert Hatfield
- Dr Thomas Swinden
- Constance Fligg Tipper [née Elam]