Bessemer (surname)
Bessemer is a German occupational surname for a broom maker (besem meaning broom in Middle High German).[1] It may refer to the following notable people:
- Anthony Bessemer (1758–1836 or after 1840), British engineer and industrialist
- Auriel Bessemer (1909–1986), American painter
- Henry Bessemer, (1813–1898), English inventor of the Bessemer process
- H. W. Bessemer, (1865–1956), British philatelist
- Leonard Bessemer Pfeil (1898–1969), British metallurgist
See also
References
- Hanks, Patrick (2003). Dictionary of American Family Names: 3-Volume Set. Oxford University Press, USA. p. 149. ISBN 978-0-19-508137-4.
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