Harry Brearley was born in the area of Ramsden's Yard near the Wicker which is in Sheffield, England. He was the Founder of Stainless Steel. His father, John Brearley, was employed at Firth's Crucible Steel Furnaces. Harry started work at the age of 12 as a Cellar Lad at the same Crucible Steel Workshop as his father. Shortly after, he moved to the firm's laboratories, where he worked as a general assistant. By the age of 20, he was apprenticed as a laboratory assistant. In 1901 he left Firth's to start a new laboratory at Kayser Ellison's Steel Works, but in 1903 he returned to Firth's and then spent 3 years in Russia, becoming Works Manager at Firth's Steel Plant in Riga. In 1907 he returned to his hometown of Sheffield, England to take charge of the Brown-Firth Research Laboratory. In 1912 he was investigating the corrosion or rusting of Rifle Barrels. As a result of his investigation, he developed a chrome alloy steel which was more rust resistant than the steel which had been used previously. Brearley resigned from the Firth Company in 1915 after disagreements over the ownership rights to the invention of Stainless Steel. The Company claimed that they owned the rights to the invention of Stainless Steel. Brearley insisted he should be entitled to half that claim since he made the initial discovery. Harry became Works Manager at Brown Bayley's Steel Works in Sheffield, England, where he continued with the development and production of Stainless Steel. He was awarded the Iron and Steel Institute's Bessemer Gold Medal in 1920. He eventually became a Director of Brown Bailey in 1925. Breearley's Chrome Steel formed the basis for a wide range of newly developed Stainless Steel Products. Harry Brearley died at the age of 77, in Torquay, England, which is in Devon.