Dud Dudley

Dud Dudley

Dudd (Dud) Dudley (1600–1684) was an English metallurgist, who fought on the Royalist side in the English Civil War as a soldier, military engineer, and supplier of munitions. He was one of the first Englishmen to smelt iron ore with coke successfully.

Read more about Dud Dudley:  Background and Early Life, Ironmaster, After Ironmaking, Civil War, Metallum Martis, Posterity