The Bessemer Gold Medal is awarded annually by the

Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining 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 ...

(IOM3) "for outstanding services to the steel industry, to the inventor or designer of any significant innovation in the process employed in the manufacture of steel, or for innovation in the use of steel in the manufacturing industry or the economy generally". The recipient is expected to prepare and deliver the Bessemer Lecture. It was established and endowed to the Iron and Steel Institute in 1874 by 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 ...

and was first awarded to

Isaac 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 ...

in 1874. The Iron and Steel Institute merged in 1974 into the Institute of Metals, which in 1993 became part of the Institute of Materials, which in turn became part of the IOM3 in 2002.

Prizewinners

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IOM3

*2020 David Anthony Worsley *2019 J Bolton *2018 I Samarasekera *2017 J Speer *2016 A W Cramb *2015 John Beynon *2014 H Tomono *2013 Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh *2013 K Mills *2012 G Honeyman *2011 I Christmas *2010 M Sellars *2009 G Arvedi *2008 T Mukherjee *2007 L Mittal *2006 H Bhadeshia *2005 S I Pettifor *2004 R J Fruehan *2003 J P Birat *2002 R E Dolby

Institute of Materials

*2001 M J Pettifor *2000 Terry Gladman *1999 Etham T Turkdogan *1998 R Baker *1997 F Kenneth Iverson *1996 Sir Brian Moffat *1995 P Wright *1994 F B Pickering *1993 H Saito

Institute of Metals

*1992 C E H Morris *1991 Frank Fitzgerald *1990 J S Pennington *1989 Gerald R Heffernan *1988 Sir R Scholey *1987 Tae-Joon Park *1986

J.R.D. Tata Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata (29 July 1904 – 29 November 1993) was a French-Indian aviator, industrialist, entrepreneur and chairman of Tata Group. Born into the Tata family of India, he was the son of noted businessman Ratanji Dadabhoy ...

*1985 Viscount E Davignon

Metals Society

*1984 P Metz *1983 I K MacGregor *1982 G W van Stein Callenfels *1981 Sir I McLennan *1980 M Tenenbaum *1979 H O H Haavisto *1978 Karl Brotzmann *1977 H Morrogh *1976 J D Joy *1975 Richard Weck *1974 Sir M Finniston

Iron and Steel Institute

*1973 J W Menter *1972 M Morgan *1971 A G Quarrell *1970 P Coheur *1969

Queen Elizabeth II Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II, her death in 2022. She was queen ...

*1968 F D Richardson *1967 E T Judge *1966 John Hugh Chesters *1965 T Sendzimir *1965 N P Allen *1964 H Malcor *1963 F H Saniter *1962 Sir Charles Goodeve *1961 W Barr *1960 Hermann Schenck *1959 B M S Kalling *1958 W F Cartwright *1957 R Durrer *1956 C Sykes *1955 J Chipman *1954 T P Colclough *1953 R Mather *1952 H H Burton *1951 B F Fairless *1950 J Mitchell *1948 W J Dawson *1947 K M Tigerchiold *1947 Sir William J Larke *1946 J S Hollings *1945 Harold Wright *1944 E Lewis *1943 J H Whiteley *1942 E G Grace *1941 T Swinden *1940 Sir Andrew McCance *1939 J Henderson *1938 C H Desch *1937 Colonel N. T. Belaiew *1937 A Mayer *1936 F Clements *1935 A M Portevin *1934 King George V *1933 W H Hatfield *1932 H Louis *1931 Sir Harold Carpenter *1930 W Rosenhain *1930 E Schneider *1929 Sir Charles A Parsons *1928 C M Schwab *1927 Axel Wahlberg *1926 Sir Hugh Bel *1925 T Turner *1924 A Sauveur *1923 W H Maw *1922 K Honda *1921 C Freemont *1920 H Brearley *1919 Federico Giolitti *1918 The Rt Hon Lord Invernairn of Strathnairn *1917 A Lamberton *1916 F W Harbord *1915 P Martin *1914 Edward Riley *1913 A Greiner *1912 J H Darby *1911 H L Le Chatelier *1910 E H Saniter *1909 A Pourcel *1908 B Talbot *1907 J A Brinell *1906 F Osmond *1906 King Edward VII *1905 J O Arnold *1904 A Carnegie *1904 Sir R Hadfield *1903 The Rt Hon Lord Airedale of Gledhow *1902 F A Krupp *1901 J E Stead *1900 Henri de Wendel *1899 H M Queen Victoria *1898 R Prince-Williams *1897 Sir

Frederick 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 ...

*1896 H Wedding *1895 H M Howe *1894 John Gjers *1893 J Fritz *1892 A Cooper *1891 The Rt Hon Lord Armstrong *1890 W D Allen *1890 Hon A S Hewitt *1889 J D Ellis *1889 H Schneider *1888 D Adamson *1887 James Riley *1886 Edward Williams *1885 R Akerman *1884 E P Martin *1884 E W Richards *1883 G J Snelus *1883

Sidney Gilchrist Thomas Sidney Gilchrist Thomas (16 April 1850 – 1 February 1885) was an English inventor, best known for his role in the iron and steel industry. Life Thomas was born at Canonbury, London, and was educated at Dulwich College. His father, a Welshman, w ...

*1882 A L Holley *1881 W Menelaus *1880 Sir J Whitworth *1879 P Cooper *1878 P R von Tunner *1877 J Percy *1876 R F Mushet *1875 Sir C W Siemens *1874 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 ...

References

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