| Authorised form of name | Hatfield; William Herbert (1882 - 1943); metallurgist |
| Dates | 1882 - 1943 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Sheffield, England |
| Date of birth | 10 April 1882 |
| Date of death | 16/10/1943 |
| Occupation | metallurgist |
| Research field | Metallurgy |
| Activity | Education: University College Sheffield (DMet)
Career:
Head of the Brown-Firth Research Laboratory, Princess Street, Sheffield (1916); joined the Board of Messrs Thomas Firth and John Brown Limited (1916); credited with the invention of 18/8 stainless steel (18% chromium, 8% nickel) and 18/8 stainless with added titanium, now known as 321 (1924); authored a variety of papers on metallurgy, with particular reference to rust, acid and heat-resistant steels and cast iron.
Awards/Medals:
Mappin Medal (1902) |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 16/05/1935 |
| Age at election | 53 |
| Proposer | Henry Cort Harold Carpenter; Walter Rosenhain; Charles Alfred Edwards; William Ernest Dalby; Herbert Brereton Baker; Richaard Ttetley Glazebrook; Henry Thomas Tizard |
| Relationships | Spouse: Edith Seagrave (1907) |
| Published works | RCN 43270
RCN 43271 |
| General context | Contributed to the development of stainless steel. |
| Royal Society Obituary or Memoir | Click to view (may be contained within a meeting notice, presidential address or list of death notices) |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; 'The Stainless Steel Advantage' [URL: https://web.archive.org/web/20071031235835/http://www.fila-sa.com/historique_en.htm; last accessed: 21/02/2024]
Obituaries:
Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1942-1944 vol 4 pp 617-627, plate, by C H Desch |
| Royal Society code | NA673 |
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| IM/001985 | Hatfield, William Herbert | nd |
| EC/1935/11 | Hatfield, William Herbert: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| RR/18/44 | Referee's report by Hugh Longbourne Callendar, on a paper 'The chemical physics involved in the precipitation of free carbon from the alloys of the iron-carbon system' by William Herbert Hatfield | April 1910 |
| NLB/73/119 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [William Herbert] Hatfield, Nether Edge, Sheffield | 15 December 1930 |
| NLB/73/118 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to the Director, National Physical Laboratory | 13 December 1930 |
| RR/18/45 | Referee's report by George Downing Liveing, on a paper 'The chemical physics involved in the precipitation of free carbon from the alloys of the iron-carbon system' by William Herbert Hatfield | May 1910 |
| RR/18/46 | Referee's report by George Downing Liveing, on a paper 'The chemical physics involved in the precipitation of free carbon from the alloys of the iron-carbon system' by William Herbert Hatfield | 24 October 1910 |
| MC/25/103 | Letter from [William Herbert] Hatfiled, 26 Meersbrook Road, Sheffield, to Robert Harrison, [Assistant Secretary], [Royal Society], London, W | 9 December 1910 |
| MC/26/110 | Letter from [William Herbert] Hatfield, 26 Meersbrook Road, Sheffield, to The Assistant Secretary, [Royal Society] | 14 February 1911 |
| MC/26/111 | Letter from [William Herbert] Hatfield, 26 Meersbrook Road, Sheffield, to [Robert] Harrison, Assistant Secretary, Royal Society, London | 17 February 1911 |
| MC/26/112 | Letter from [William Herbert] Hatfield, 26 Meersbrook Road, Sheffield, to [Robert William Frederick] Harrison, Royal Society, London, W | 7 March 1911 |