Johan August Brinell, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Johan August Brinell

Swedish metallurgist

Date of Birth: 21-Jun-1849

Place of Birth: Bringetofta socken, Jönköping County, Sweden

Date of Death: 17-Nov-1925

Profession: engineer, mining engineer, industrial leader

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

August Brinell (10 October 1849 – 17 November 1925) was a Swedish Metallurgical Engineer. Brinell is noted as the creator of a method for quantifying the surface hardness of materials, now known as the Brinell hardness test.
His name is also commemorated in the description of a failure mechanism of material surfaces known as Brinelling.