Henry Cort | |
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 Henry Cort | |
| Born | Henry Cort Circa 1740 Unknown |
| Died | Friday 23 May 1800 |
| Nationality | English |
| Occupation(s) | Inventor, pioneer in the iron industry |
| Known for | Inventions relating to puddling and rolling in the manufacture of iron. |
| Children | Richard Cort |
Henry Cort (c. 1740 – 23 May 1800) was an English ironware producer who was formerly a Navy pay agent. During the Industrial Revolution in England, Cort began refining iron from pig iron to wrought iron (or bar iron) using innovative production systems. In 1784, he obtained a patent for an improved version of Peter Onions's puddling process, for refining cast iron, although its commercial viability was only realised in the 1790s, through further innovations introduced by Richard Crawshay and Homfray of the Cyfarthfa Ironworks in Merthyr Tydfil.