# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/henry-bessemer
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:41:38.615Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/henry-bessemer"
name: "Henry Bessemer"
slug: "henry-bessemer"
description: "Sir Henry Bessemer was an English inventor, whose steel-making process was the most important technique for making steel in the nineteenth century for almost one hundred years. He played a significant role in establishing the town of Sheffield, nicknamed ‘Steel City’, as a major industrial centre."
tagline: "British engineer (1813-1898)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Henry_Bessemer_1890s2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1813-01-19"
deathDate: "1898-03-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump