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(November 2011)| 19 January 1813 Charlton, Hertfordshire,
England |Died||15 March 1898 |Occupation||engineer and inventor|
|Known for||Development of the Bessemer process for the
manufacture of steel.| Sir Henry Bessemer (19 January 1813 – 15
March 1898) was an English engineer, inventor, and businessman.
Bessemer's name is chiefly known in connection with the Bessemer
process for the manufacture of steel. Anthony Bessemer
Bessemer's father, Anthony, was born in London, but moved to
Paris when he was 21 years old. He was an inventor who, while he
was engaged by the Paris Mint, made a machine for making
medallions that could produce steel dies from a larger model. He
became a member of the French Academy of Science, for his
improvements to the optical microscope, when he was only 26. He
was forced to leave Paris by the French Revolution, and returned
to Britain. There he invented a process for making gold chains,
which was successful, and enabled him