Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,716 pages of information and 247,105 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
1805 Born in London to Anthony Bessemer and his wife Elizabeth of the Thavies Inn, London[1], brother of Henry Bessemer.
1841 Living in Stockwell, an engineer[2]
1851 Living in Bloomsbury, an engineer[3]
1859 Anthony Bessemer of Holloway patented a reverbatory furnace for production of iron and steel[4]
1881 Living in Bromley, on income from property[5]
1888 Died in Bromley[6]
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