See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

JOHN See also:

• BROWN
• BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
• BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
• BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
• BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
• BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
• BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
• BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
• BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
• BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
• BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
• BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
• BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
• BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
• BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
• BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
• BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
• SIR JOHN BROWN (1816-1896)
• BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
• BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
• BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
• BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
• BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)

BROWN (1816-1896)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• ARMOUR, PHILIP DANFORTH (1832-1901)

armour See also:

• PLATE

plate manufacturer, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• SHEFFIELD
• SHEFFIELD, JOHN BAKER HOLROYD, 1ST EARL

Sheffield on the 6th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1816, the son of a See also:

• SLATER, JOHN FOX (1815-1884)
• SLATER, SAMUEL (1768-1835)

slater . He was apprenticed when fourteen years old to a Sheffield See also:

• FIRM

firm who manufactured files and table See also:

• CUTLERY (Fr. coutellerie, from the Lat. cultellus, a little knife)

cutlery . Impressed with See also:

• BROWN
• BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
• BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
• BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
• BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
• BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
• BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
• BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
• BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
• BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
• BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
• BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
• BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
• BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
• BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
• BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
• BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
• BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
• BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
• BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
• BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
• BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
• BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)

Brown's ability, the See also:

• SENIOR, NASSAU WILLIAM (1790-1864)

senior partner offered him the See also:

• CONTROL (Fr. contrdle, older form contre rolle, from Med. Lat. contra-rotulus, a counter roll or copy of a document used to check the original; there is no instance in English of the use of " control " in this, its literal, meaning)

control of the. business (See also:

• EARL

Earl See also:

• HORTON, CHRISTIANA (c. 1696–c. 1756)
• HORTON, ROBERT FORMAN (18J5– )
• HORTON, SAMUEL DANA (1844–1895)

Horton and Co.) and advanced some of the necessary See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital . Brown invented in 1848 the conical See also:

• STEEL, FLORA ANNIE (1847– )

steel See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring buffer for railway wagons, and in 186o, after seeing the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French See also:

• SHIP

ship "La Gloire" armoured with hammered plate, he determined to See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt the See also:

• PRODUCTION (Lat. productionem, from producere, to pro-duce)

production of armour for the See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• NAVY

navy by a See also:

• ROLLING

rolling See also:

• PROCESS

process . The experiment was successful, and led to See also:

• ADMIRALTY, HIGH COURT OF

admiralty orders for armour plate sufficient to protect about three-quarters of the navy . In 1856 Brown had started the See also:

• ATLAS

Atlas See also:

• WORKS

Works in Sheffield, which soon produced, beside armour plates and railway buffers, See also:

• ORDNANCE (a syncopated form of " ordinance " or " ordonnance," so spelt in this sense since the 17th century)

ordnance forgings, steel rails, railway See also:

• CARRIAGE

carriage axles and tires . The works covered See also:

• THIRTY

thirty acres and employed eventually more than four thousand workmen . Besides supplying See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron to the Sheffield steel See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade, Brown himself successfully See also:

• DEVELOPED

developed the See also:

• BESSEMER
• BESSEMER, SIR HENRY (1813-1898)

Bessemer process . In 1864, after his business had been converted into a limited See also:

• COMPANY

company, he retired . He died at See also:

• BROMLEY
• BROMLEY, SIR THOMAS (1530-1587)

Bromley, See also:

• KENT
• KENT, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• KENT, JAMES (1763-1847)
• KENT, WILLIAM (1685-1748)

Kent, on the 27th of December 1896 . Among the honours conferred upon him was a See also:

• KNIGHTHOOD

knighthood in 1867, the See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office of See also:

• MAYOR (Lat. major, greater)
• MAYOR, JOHN EYTON BICKERSTETH (1825– )

mayor of Sheffield in 1862 and 1863, and that of See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

Master See also:

• CUTLER, MANASSEH (1742-1823)

Cutler in 1865 and 1866 .