John Hollway, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

John Hollway

chemist and inventor (1841-1907)

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-0001

Place of Birth: Barnsbury, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 06-Oct-1907

Profession: inventor, chemist, metallurgist

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

John M.
Hollway (1841 – 1907) was an English metallurgist and chemist who, in the 1870s, unsuccessfully tried out smelting and refining of copper using a converter based on the Bessemer process. Although his attempts failed, conceding to the French engineers Pierre Manhès and Paul David, the honor of the invention of the Manhès-David process in 1880, the abundant communication he made on his failures constitute a significant contribution to the development and perfecting their process.