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Henry Bessemer blue plaque
Henry Bessemer · Fellow of the Royal Society
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“Sir Henry Bessemer FRS Engineer Inventor Born 1813 Died 1898 Lived in a house previously on this site from 1833. Inventor of the steel production process that contributed to the industrial revolution.”
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1813-98
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15 Northampton Square, Islington
EC1V
Erected 2017
City, University of London
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