Harry Brearley

Harry Brearley
Born(1871-02-18)18 February 1871
Sheffield, England
Died14 July 1948(1948-07-14) (aged 77)
Torquay, Devon, England
OccupationsMetallurgist, inventor
Known forThe invention of stainless steel

Harry Brearley (18 February 1871 – 14 July 1948) was an English metallurgist, credited with the discovery of "rustless steel" (later to be called "stainless steel" in the anglophone world). Based in Sheffield, he enabled affordable cutlery for the masses, and an expansion of the city's traditional cutlery trade.

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