Sir Henry Bessemer, inventor and engineer scottie and only one place'

and only one place'

10th July 1988

Buildings in Castle Yard

The memorial was designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott

Sir Henry Bessemer, inventor and engineer scottie and only one place'Sir Henry Bessemer, inventor and engineer, 1881. Bessemer (1813 1898) was a prolific inventor, but is best known for discovering the Bessemer Process for manufacturing steel, which made the cheap production of steel in bulk possible for the first time. From Men of Mark: a gallery of contemporary portraits of men distinguished in the Senate, the Church, in science, literature and art, the army, navy, law, medicine, etc. Photographed from life by Lock