William Kelly (inventor), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetWilliam Kelly (inventor)
American businessman
Date of Birth: 21-Aug-1811
Place of Birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Date of Death: 11-Feb-1888
Profession: inventor
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About William Kelly (inventor)
- William Kelly (August 21, 1811 – February 11, 1888), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was an American inventor.
- He is credited with being one of the inventors of modern steel production, through the process of injecting air into molten iron, which he experimented with in the early 1850s.
- A similar process was discovered independently by Henry Bessemer and patented in 1855.
- Due to a financial panic in 1857, a company that had already licensed the Bessemer process was able to purchase Kelly's patents, and licensed both under a single scheme using the Bessemer name.
- Kelly's role in the invention of the process is much less known.
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