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Henry Bore
A little-known writer of industrial history, remembered for tracing how the steel pen changed everyday writing. His surviving work turns a familiar object into a story of invention, craft, and mass production.
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About the author
Very little biographical information about Henry Bore appears to be widely documented today. He is known primarily as the author of The Story of the Invention of Steel Pens, a late 19th-century work that explores how steel pens were developed and manufactured.
That book stands out for its practical, readable look at an everyday technology that helped reshape writing, business, and education. Rather than treating the subject as dry machinery, it shows real curiosity about invention and the industrial processes behind ordinary tools.
Because reliable personal details are scarce, Bore is best understood through his work itself: a compact example of Victorian-era nonfiction that made manufacturing history accessible to general readers.