alienated most of those with whom he came in contact. Personal life Cort's marriage to Elizabeth Heysham produced 13 children. His business ventures did not bring him wealth, even though vast numbers of the puddling furnaces that he developed were eventually used (reportedly 8,200 by 1820), they used a modified version of his process and thus avoided payment of royalties. He was later awarded a government pension, but died a ruined man, and was buried in the churchyard of St John-at-Hampstead, London. Legacy Fifty years after Cort's death, The Times of London lauded him as "the father of the iron trade". His son, Richard Cort, became a cashier for the British Iron Company in 1825 – 6 and subsequently wrote several pamphlets severely critical of the management of the company. He also attacked a number of early railway companies. The Henry Cort Community College bears his name and is located in the town of Fareham, in the south of Hampshire, England. The busway between Fareham and Bridgemary, built on the trackbed of the old Gosport to Fareham railway line, is entitled Henry Cort Way on maps. Notes References Further reading Dickinson, H. W. Henry Cort's Bicentenary, in The Newcomen Society, Transactions 1940–41, volume XXI, 1943. Mott, R. A. (ed. P. Singer), Henry Cort: the Great Finer, The Metals Society, London 1983) Webster, Thomas The Case of Henry Cort and his Inventions in the Manufacture of British Iron, Mechanics' Magazine, 1859 External links Henry Cort – brief biography Henry Cort – another brief biography The Gosport Iron Foundry and Henry Cort Henry Cort, Father of the Iron Trade - the most reliable and up-to-date information on the British inventor 1740 births 1800 deaths British ironmasters 18th-century British inventors People from Lancaster, Lancashire People of the Industrial Revolution