Harry Brearley
✓ Source-basedfallingInventor of stainless steel (1871-1948)
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Harry Brearley was an English metallurgist, credited with the discovery of "rustless steel". Based in Sheffield, he enabled affordable cutlery for the masses, and an expansion of the city's traditional cutlery trade.
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United KingdomCategory
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Scientist
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deceased
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Lived 1871 to 1948 · aged 77
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