Göran Fredrik Göransson
Swedish merchant and ironmaster
Göran Fredrik Göransson was a Swedish merchant, ironmaster and industrialist. He was the founder of the company Sandvikens Jernverks AB and was the first person to implement the Bessemer process successfully on an industrial scale and pioneered... Wikipedia
Born: January 20, 1819, Gävle, Sweden
Died: May 12, 1900 (age 81 years), Sandviken, Sweden
Children: Anders Henrik Göransson and Maria Elisabeth Göransson
Grandchildren: Sigrid Göransson, Fredrik Göransson, and Gunnar Magnuson
Parents: Anders Petter Göransson and Marie Göransson
Spouse: Catharina Elisabeth Sehlberg (m. 1842)