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

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and was President of the

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."Dictionary of Scientific Biography" His brother was

William Thomas Stead William Thomas Stead (5 July 184915 April 1912) was a British newspaper editor who, as a pioneer of investigative journalism, became a controversial figure of the Victorian era. Stead published a series of hugely influential campaigns whilst e ...

, prominent newspaper editor who died on the RMS ''Titanic'' when it sank in April 1912.

Achievements

For his work in the metallurgical field, Stead received three honorary doctorates, was made a fellow of the Royal Society and, in 1901, was awarded 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 ...

from the Iron and Steel Institute.

Legacy

In memory of his - and his wife Mary's - social work in the

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area, his home, the Everdon villa in Redcar, was converted into the Stead Memorial Hospital after his death in 1923. It opened in 1929, and, after growing to become the town's primary care hospital, closed in 2010. , it was undergoing demolition.

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* 1851 births 1923 deaths Fellows of the Royal Society English metallurgists People from Wallsend {{UK-engineer-stub