| Authorised form of name | Bessemer; Sir; Henry (1813 - 1898) |
| Dates | 1813 - 1898 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Charlton, Hertfordshire, England |
| Date of birth | 19 January 1813 |
| Place of death | Denmark Hill, London |
| Date of death | 15 March 1898 |
| Dates and places | Burial:
Norwood cemetery, Surrey |
| Activity | Career:
In his father's business as a manufacturer of gold chains, and type founder; white metal art work trader, London (1830); invented a perforated die (1833); produced plumbago pencils; patented an amalgum of cast iron and steel, for gun manufacture; established a steel works, Sheffield, making guns and rails
Honours:
Kt 1879
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 12/06/1879 |
| Relationships | Son of Anthony Bessemer; married (1833) Anne, daughter of Richard Allen of Amersham |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
References:
Vanity Fair 06 November 1880 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/1801316 |
| Royal Society code | NA1539 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| M/123 | Bessemer Medal of the Iron and Steel Institute | 1873 |
| EC/1879/04 | Bessemer, Sir Henry: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MM/12/120 | Letter from Henry Bessemer, Denmark Hill, to Warren de la Rue | 26 June 1880 |
| NLB/16/323 | Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Messrs Harrison & Sons | 16 March 1898 |
| NLB/16/433 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Sir I Lowthian Bell, Fellow of the Royal Society | 4 April 1898 |
| IM/000356 | Bessemer, Sir Henry | September 1999 |
| IM/000357 | Bessemer, Sir Henry | nd |
| VF/05 | Portrait of Sir Henry Bessemer by Sir Leslie Ward | 06 November 1880 |
| MC/11/392 | Letter from Henry Bessemer, Denmark Hill, Surrey, to Walter White, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society] | 21 June 1879 |
| MC/11 | Volume 11 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1877-1879 |
| MC/12/97 | Letter from Henry Bessemer, Denmark Hill, Surrey, to Walter White, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society] | 16 October 1880 |
| MC/12 | Volume 12 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1880-1883 |