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, 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 applicatio ...

. The Institute of Metals then merged in 1993 with the Institute of Ceramics and the

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to form the Institute of Materials (IoM). The IoM and the

Institution of Mining and Metallurgy The Institution of Mining and Metallurgy (IMM) was a British research institution, founded in 1892. Members of the Institution used the post-nominals MIMM. In 2002, it merged with The Institute of Materials (IOM) to form the Institute of Materials, ...

merged in June 2002, becoming 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 ...

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 *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 father ...

*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 *1889-91 The Rt Hon Lord Airedale of Gledhow DSc *1891-93 Sir Frederick Augustus Abel 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 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 e ...

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 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 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

* {{Cite NIE, wstitle=Iron and Steel Institute, The, short=x, vb=1 1869 establishments in the United Kingdom Redirects with possibilities Defunct learned societies of the United Kingdom

History

Presidents

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