Henry M. Howe
1922 Obituary [1]
News has just been received from America that one of the best-known figures in metallurgical circles has passed away in the person of Professor Henry Marion Howe, University of Harvard and Professor Emeritus of the Columbia College, New York. His life-long devotion to the science of metallurgy has made his name a household word in his own country, Great Britain and the Continent. Professor Howe's integrity and honesty of purpose made his scientific, technical and educational work of special value to the world in which he moved. Nothing of doubt was ever allowed to pass his scrutiny.
In scientific metallurgy he stood almost unrivalled. Amongst his many contributions may be specially mentioned his great work on "The Metallurgy of Steel" which appeared at a most opportune time, and without doubt greatly helped to develop the science of metallurgy, which was then emerging from its comparatively chrysalis state, into the well-ordered branch of science which it now occupies. He was also the author of innumerable papers on metallurgical subjects.
In 1895 he received the Bessemer Gold Medal of the Iron and Steel Institute and the Elliot Cresson Gold Medal of the Franklin Institute of Philadelphia; also a special prize and gold medal from the Societe d'Encouragement pour l'Industrie Nationale, and finally, in 1917, the John Fritz Gold Medal, which honour was received by Lord Kelvin in 1905, Sir William White in 1911, and last year by Sir Robert Hadfield.....[More]