Harry Brearley, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Harry Brearley

Inventor of stainless steel

Date of Birth: 18-Feb-1871

Place of Birth: Sheffield, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 14-Jul-1948

Profession: engineer, inventor, metallurgist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Harry Brearley (18 February 1871 – 14 July 1948) was an English metallurgist, credited with the invention of "rustless steel" (later to be called "stainless steel" in the anglophone world).
Based in Sheffield, his invention brought affordable cutlery to the masses, and saw an expansion of the city’s traditional cutlery trade.