# James Beaumont Neilson

> Scottish inventor of the hot-blast process for smelting iron (1792-1865)

**Wikidata**: [Q1355479](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1355479)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Beaumont_Neilson)  
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## References

1. [Source](http://viaf.org/viaf/data/viaf-20170101-links.txt.gz)
2. Encyclopædia Britannica Online
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