Henry Cort

Henry Cort

male, deceased (1800)
Business Person, Foundrymen, puddling process, The Henry Cort Community College, ironmaster, pig iron…iron, wroughtiron
Henry Cort (1740 - 1800) was an English ironmaster. During the Industrial Revolution in England, Cort began refining iron from pig iron to wrought...
Philip Simmons

Philip Simmons

male, 97 years old
grill, Artisans, Blacksmiths, fence, balcony, Artisan…iron, wroughtiron
Philip Simmons, b. June 9, 1912 is an artisan of Charleston, South Carolina who has specialized in ornamental iron since 1938. After an...

Richard Turner

male, deceased (1881)
Foundrymen, Irish, wroughtiron, Glasshouse, Kew Gardens, Regent's Park…iron-founder
Richard Turner (1798-1881) was an Irish iron-founder and manufacturer of glasshouses, born in Dublin. His works included the Palm House at Kew...

Robert Bakewell

male, deceased (1752)
smith, derby, apprenticeship, duffield, wroughtiron, ashbourne
Robert Bakewell was an English smith. He took an apprenticeship in London as an iron worker and became an extremely skilled ironsmith. In 1706, he...

William Kelly

male, deceased (1888)
coke, inventor, coal, metallurgy, American, wroughtiron…cast iron, Eddyville iron-work
William Kelly (August 22, 1811 - February 11, 1888), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was an American inventor. Kelly studied metallurgy at the...

James Finley

male, deceased (1828)
civil engineer, engineer, inventor, Bridge engineer, schuylkill, American…wroughtiron
James Finley (1756 - 1828), also known as Judge James Finley, is widely recognised as the the first designer and builder of the modern suspension...
Abraham Darby II

Abraham Darby II

male, deceased (1763)
quaker, Foundrymen, Ironmasters, industrial revolution, wroughtiron, brass…iron, pig iron
Abraham Darby II (1711 - 1763) was the second Abraham Darby in three generations of an English Quaker family that played a role in the Industrial...

Pierre Michaux

male, deceased (1883)
French, lyon, Blacksmith, frame, wroughtiron, cast iron
Pierre Michaux (June 26, 1813 - 1883) was a blacksmith who furnished parts for the carriage trade in Paris during the 1850s and 1860s. In 1864 he...

Isaiah Rogers

male, deceased (1869)
Ohio Statehouse, wroughtiron, American, hamilton county, tremont house, steel…cast iron
Isaiah Rogers (1800-1869), born in Massachusetts, was a prominent American architect of national reputation who practiced in Mobile, Alabama,...

James Foster

male, deceased (1853)
York, Foundrymen, Ironmasters, entrepreneur, Washington D.C., stourbridge…wroughtiron, bar iron
James Foster (1786 - 1853) was a prominent Worcestershire ironmaster and senior partner in the important iron company of John Bradley & Co.,...