Keith Millis

Keith Millis

male, deceased (1992)
engineer, Keith D. Millis, magnesium, carbide, alloy, carbon…Foundrymen
Keith D. Millis (1915-1992) was a metallurgical engineer and inventor of ductile iron. Early in the Second World War, chromium was considered...
Paul Revere

Paul Revere

male, deceased (1818)
Freemason, French American, american revolution, Huguenot, Old Style and New Style dates, Patriots in the American Revolution…Foundrymen
Paul Revere (bap. December 22, 1734 (OS) / January 1 1735 (NS) - May 10, 1818) was an American silversmith and a patriot in the American...

John Wilkinson

male, deceased (1808)
Bersham Ironworks, English, Foundrymen, Ironmasters, inventor, shropshire
John "Iron-Mad" Wilkinson (1728 - 1808) was an English industrialist who suggested the use of cast iron for many roles where other materials had...
James Smith

James Smith

male, deceased (1806)
signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, ulster, University of Delaware, United States Declaration of Independence, Signers of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, Continental Congress…Foundrymen
James Smith (about 1719 - July 11 1806), was a signer to the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Pennsylvania. He was...
James Wilson

James Wilson

male, deceased (1798)
Alumni of the University of Glasgow, United States Supreme Court justice, Pennsylvania militiamen in the American Revolution, immigrant to the United States, Alumni of the University of Edinburgh, signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence…Foundrymen
James Wilson (September 14, 1742 - August 21, 1798), was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, twice elected to the Continental Congress, a...
Yuri Gagarin

Yuri Gagarin

male, deceased (1968)
cosmonaut, Russian, Soviet cosmonaut, space, first man in space, first on orbit…Foundrymen
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin, Hero of the Soviet Union, was a Soviet cosmonaut. On 12 April 1961, he became the first man in space and the first to...
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

male, 90 years old
novelist, Nobel Prize winner, Russian, historian, Alexandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn, Victim of Soviet repressions…Foundrymen
Alexandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn (born December 11, 1918) is a Russian novelist, dramatist and historian. Through his writings, he made the world...
John Williams

John Williams

male, deceased (1839)
Congregationalist, Foundrymen, missionary, south pacific, tahiti, samoa
John Williams (1796-1839) was an English missionary, active in the South Pacific. Born near London, England, he was trained as a foundry worker and...
Benjamin Huntsman

Benjamin Huntsman

male, deceased (1776)
Crucible steel, quaker, oculist, Epworth, handsworth, From lincolnshire…Foundrymen
Benjamin Huntsman was an English inventor and manufacturer of crucible steel. He was born the third son of a Quaker farmer in Epworth,...
Stephen Hopkins

Stephen Hopkins

male, deceased (1785)
signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, Governor of Rhode Island, Founding Fathers of the United States, Colonial Congress in Albany, revolutionary, Continental Congressman…Foundrymen
Stephen Hopkins (March 7, 1707-July 13, 1785) was an American political leader from Rhode Island who signed the Declaration of Independence. He...