Mr. James Henderson

Abstract

THE Iron and Steel Institute has awarded the Bessemer Gold Medal to Mr. James Henderson. The Bessemer Medal was founded by Sir Henry Bessemer, and is awarded annually for distinguished merit in promoting the—technical and metallurgical development of the iron and steel industry; it is the highest honour which the Institute can give. Mr. Henderson was associated for forty-five years with the technical development of the Frodingham Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., in North Lincolnshire and held all positions from chief metallurgist to managing director. During that period, the works became one of the most important in the country, and were associated with such important developments as the introduction of the Talbot direct metal process, the use of blast-furnace gas in blowing and power engines, and the installation of modern plate mills. Mr. Henderson is now deputy chairman of the renamed Applehy-Frodingham Steel Co., Ltd., and a director of the United Steel Companies, Ltd.; he is past-president of the British Iron and Steel Federation and of the Lincolnshire Iron and Steel Institute. He is one of the only two Englishmen whose services to the industry have been recognized by nomination to honorary membership of the Verein deutscher Eisenhiittenleute.