| Authorised form of name | Stead; John Edward (1851 - 1923) |
| Dates | 1851 - 1923 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Howden-on-Tyne, Northumberland, England |
| Date of birth | 11 October 1851 |
| Place of death | Redcar, Yorkshire |
| Date of death | 31/10/1923 |
| Research field | Metallurgy |
| Chemistry |
| Activity | Education:
At home, by his father
Career:
Apprenticed to John Pattinson, public analyst, Newcastle; Analyst to Tharsis Sulphur and Copper Company, Hebburn-on-Tyne; Chemist, Bolckow, Vaughan and Co, iron manufacturers; went into partnership with John Pattinson; was involved in the early development of the Bessemer process; studied eutectics in steel, and the effect on phosphorus on steel
Memberships:
FCS; FIC; Iron and Steel Institute (President 1920-1922); Cleveland Institution of Engineers (President)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 11/06/1903 |
| Relationships | Son of Rev William Stead; younger brother of W T Stead, journalist |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc Series A 1924 vol 106 pp i-v, plate, signed by H C H C |
| Royal Society code | NA5363 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| EC/1903/12 | Stead, John Edward: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| NLB/16/19 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to J E Stead, [Fellow of the Royal Society] Laboratory & Assay Office, Middlesborough | 13 January 1898 |
| NLB/27/69 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to John Edward Stead, [Fellow of the Royal Society], Laboratory and Assay Office, Middlesborough | 25 June 1903 |
| NLB/30/372 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to John Edward Stead, Fellow of the Royal Society | 14 March 1905 |
| NLB/33/153 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to John Edward Stead, Fellow of the Royal Society, 11 Queen's Terrace, Middlesbrough | 6 July 1906 |
| NLB/33/192 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to John Edward Stead, Fellow of the Royal Society, 11 Queen's Terrace, Middlesbrough | 13 July 1906 |
| NLB/37/564 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to J [John] E [Edward] Stead, Fellow of the Royal Society | 7 April 1908 |
| RR/17/343 | Referee's report by John Edward Stead, on a paper 'Entectics research no 1 - alloys of lead and tin' by Walter Rosenhain and P A Tucker | July 1908 |
| NLB/65/450 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir George [Thomas] Beilby, FRS | 2 November 1923 |
| NLB/35/717 | Copy letter from Archibald Geikie, to John Edward Stead, Fellow of the Royal Society | 9 July 1907 |
| RR/18/178 | Referee's report by John Edward Stead, on a paper 'The constitution of the alloys of aluminium and zinc' by Walter Rosenhain and Sydney L Archbutt | May 1911 |