Henry Cort - anonymous - lithograph - The British Museum, London (Print Room) (J.R. Freeman) Henry Cort (1740-1800) was the father of the British iron trade and tubal cain of our century. Henry Cort was an English ironmaster. During the Industrial Revolution in England, Cort began refining iron from pig iron to wrought iron (or bar iron) using innovative production systems. In 1783 he patented the puddling process for refining iron ore. The Henry Cort Community College bears his name, located in the large town of Fareham, south of Funtley. 固opFoto