Born 18th February 1871 in Ramsden's Yard at the back of 23 Spital Street died at Livermead, Torquay aged 77 on the 14th July 1948. While working in the Brown_Firth Research Laboratories in 1913, Harry Brearley was testing low-carbon steels for gun barrels that contained only 12% chromium and found these steels had the abiliy to resist corrosion. He recognised the implication and suggested it could be used for cutlery. There was however a dispute over the rights of the invention which eventually led to him resigning from Firth's. For more information about the life of Harry Brearley see: Harry Brearley Stainless Steel Pioneer, Autobiographical Notes, Ref. B. Brea S