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

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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[Hanks-1] 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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