IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0117 MS/220
Held at: Royal Society
Title: Hadfield, Sir Robert Abbott (1858-1940)
Date(s): 1869-1933
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 1 item
Name of creator(s): Hadfield | Sir | Robert Abbott | 1858-1940 | Baronet | metallurgist and industrialist
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Born, 1858; educated at Sheffield collegiate school; discovered of manganese steel, 1882; patented silicon steel, 1886; took over the family steel business; chairman and managing director of Hadfields Steel Foundry Company, 1888-1940; fellow of the Royal Society, 1909; died, 1940.
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Bibliography of the Effects of Very Low Temperatures upon the Properties of Metals between the years 1869-1933, prepared by Sir Robert Hadfield.
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Language/scripts of material: English
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Open.
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No publication without written permission. Apply to Archivist in the first instance.
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
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Archivist's note: Copied from the Royal Society catalogue by Sarah Drewery.
Date(s) of descriptions: Feb 2009.