Robert Forester Mushet

Robert Forester Mushet (1811–1891) is a British metallurgist and businessman, born April 8, 1811, in Coleford, in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England.

He is the youngest son of Scottish parents, Agnes Wilson and David Mushet; an ironmaster, formerly of the Clyde, Alfreton and Whitecliff Ironworks.

In 1818/9 David Mushet builds a foundry at Darkhill, in the Forest of Dean.

Robert spends his formative years studying metallurgy with his father and takes over the management of Darkhill in 1845.

In 1848, he moves to the newly constructed Forest Steel Works on the edge of the Darkhill site, where he carries out over ten thousand experiments in ten years before moving to the Titanic Steelworks in 1862.

In 1876 he is awarded the Bessemer Gold Medal by the Iron and Steel Institute, their highest award.

Robert Mushet dies on January 29, 1891 in Cheltenham.

He is buried with his wife and daughter, Mary, in Cheltenham Cemetery.

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