The Iron and Steel Institute was an English association organized by the iron trade of the north of England. Its object was the discussion of practical and scientific questions connected with the manufacture of iron and steel.

History

The first meeting of the institute took place in London, February 25, 1869. There were two general meetings each year, one in May, in London, and one in autumn in other cities, not always in Great Britain, for the institute has met in Paris, Vienna, Brussels, Düsseldorf and New York. Beginning in 1874 it annually presented the

Bessemer Gold Medal The Bessemer Gold Medal is awarded annually by the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3) "for outstanding services to the steel industry, to the inventor or designer of any significant innovation in the process employed in the manufact ...

, for some invention or notable paper. The institute published the semi-annual ''Journal of the Iron and Steel Institute'', containing original papers and abstracts from other publications. In 1974, the Iron and Steel Institute merged into the

Institute of Metals The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3) is a UK engineering institution whose activities encompass the whole materials cycle, from exploration and extraction, through characterisation, processing, forming, finishing and applicati ...

. The Institute of Metals then merged in 1993 with the Institute of Ceramics and the Plastics and Rubber Institute to form the

Institute of Materials The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3) is a UK engineering institution whose activities encompass the whole materials cycle, from exploration and extraction, through characterisation, processing, forming, finishing and applicatio ...

(IoM). The IoM and the

Institution of Mining and Metallurgy The Institution of Mining and Metallurgy (IMM) was a British British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness ...

merged in June 2002, becoming the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining.

Presidents

Presidents of the institute were: *1869-71

William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire, (27 April 1808 – 21 December 1891), styled as Lord Cavendish of Keighley between 1831 and 1834 and known as Earl of Burlington between 1834 and 1858, was a British landowner, benefactor, nobleman, ...

*1871-73

Sir Henry Bessemer Sir Henry Bessemer (19 January 1813 – 15 March 1898) was an English inventor, whose steel-making process would become the most important technique for making steel in the nineteenth century for almost one hundred years from 1856 to 1950. He ...

*1873-75 Sir

Lowthian Bell Sir Isaac Lowthian Bell, 1st Baronet, FRS (18 February 1816 – 20 December 1904) was a Victorian ironmaster and Liberal Party politician from Washington, County Durham, in the north of England. He was described as being "as famous in his day ...

Bt FRS *1875-77

William Menelaus William Menelaus (10 March 1818 – 30 March 1882) was a Scottish-born mechanical engineer, who made his name and fortune as the works manager at the Dowlais Ironworks in South Wales. Early life Born in East Lothian on 10 March 1818, his fathe ...

*1877-79 Sir C William Siemens FRS *1879-81 Edward Williams *1881-83 Josiah Timmis Smith *1883-85 Rt Hon Sir Bernard Samuelson Bt FRS *1885-87 John Percy MD FRS *1887-89

Daniel Adamson Daniel Adamson (30 April 1820 – 13 January 1890) was an English engineer who became a successful manufacturer of boilers and was the driving force behind the inception of the Manchester Ship Canal project during the 1880s. Early life Adamson ...

*1889-91 The Rt Hon Lord Airedale of Gledhow DSc *1891-93 Sir

Frederick Augustus Abel Sir Frederick Augustus Abel, 1st Baronet (17 July 18276 September 1902) was an English chemist who was recognised as the leading British authority on explosives. He is best known for the invention of cordite as a replacement for gunpowder in f ...

Bt GVCO KCB FRS *1893-95 Edward Windsor Richards *1895-97 Sir David Dale Bt DCL *1897-99 Edward Pritchard Martin *1899-1901 Sir

William Chandler Roberts-Austen Sir William Chandler Roberts-Austen (3 March 1843, Kennington – 22 November 1902, London) was an English metallurgist noted for his research on the physical properties of metals and their alloys. The austenite class of iron alloys is named aft ...

KCB DCL FRS *1901-03 William Whitwell *1903-05 Andrew Carnegie LLD *1905-07 Sir

Robert Abbott Hadfield Sir Robert Abbott Hadfield, 1st Baronet FRS (28 November 1858 in Sheffield – 30 September 1940 in Surrey) was an English metallurgist, noted for his 1882 discovery of manganese steel, one of the first steel alloys. He also invented silicon ...

Bt DSc FRS *1907-10 Sir Hugh Bell Bt CD DCL LLD *1910-12

Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire Victor Christian William Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire (31 May 18686 May 1938), known as Victor Cavendish until 1908, was a British peer and politician who served as Governor General of Canada. A member of the Cavendish family, he was ed ...

KG *1912-14 Arthur Cooper LLD *1914-15 Adolphe Greiner DSc *1916-18 Rt Hon Lord Invernairn of Strathnairn *1918-20 C P Eugene Schneider DSc *1920-22

John Edward Stead John Edward Stead FRS (11 October 1851 – 31 October 1923) was a British metallurgist, elected to the Royal Society in 1903. He worked for the Bolckow Vaughan and was President of the Iron and Steel Institute."Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...

DSc DMet FRS *1922-24 Francis Samuelson *1924-25 Sir William Ellis GBE DENG *1925-26 Sir Frederick Mills Bt DL *1926-27 Sir W Peter Rylands JP *1927-28 Frank William Harbord CBE *1928-29 Benjamin Talbot *1929-31 Henry Louis MA DSc *1931-33 Col Sir W Charles Wright Bt KBE CB *1933-35 William R Lysaght CBE *1935-37 Sir Harold Carpenter FRS *1937-38 Alfred Hutchinson MA *1938-40 The Rt Hon The Earl of Dudley DC *1940-42 Sir John Craig CBE DL *1942-44 James Henderson *1944-46 Arthur Dorman *1946-48 Dr Cecil Henry Desch DSc PhD LLD FRS *1948-50 Sir Andrew McCance LLD DSc FRS *1950-51 James Robert Menzies-Wilson OBE *1951-52 Richard Mather BMet *1952-53 Captain Hector Leighton Davies CBE JP *1953-54 James Mitchell CBE *1954-55 The Hon Richard Glynne Lyttelton *1955-56 Sir

Charles Bruce-Gardner Sir Charles Bruce-Gardner, 1st Baronet (6 November 1887 – 1 October 1960), born Charles Bruce Gardner, was an English industrialist, specialising in mechanical and aircraft production. Born in London, he was the son of Henry Gardner and Flo ...

Bt *1956-57 Herbert Henry Burton CBE DMet *1957-58 Arnold Hugo Ingen-Housz *1958-59 Charles Reginald Wheeler CBE *1959-60 William Barr OBE *1960-61 William Frederick Cartwright DL *1961-62 Sir Charles Goodeve OBE DSc FRS *1962-63 Maurice Alberic Fiennes *1963-64 Frank Bernard George *1964-65 Frank Henry Saniter OBE DSc (Tech) BENG *1965-66 William Frederick Gilbertson *1966-67 Sir Douglas Bruce-Gardner Bt *1967-68 Norman E Jones CMG DSc ASTC *1968-69 Dr John Hugh Chesters OBE FRS *1969-70 Niall Campbell Macdiarmid *1970-71 Norman Cecil Lake CBE *1971-72 Thomas Rae Craig CBE TD *1972-73 Geoffrey Thomas Harris CBE *1973-74 Lionel Roger Price Pugh CRD DL

References

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History

Presidents

See also

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