Nikolay Benardos

Nikolay Nikolayevich Benardos
BornJuly 8, 1842
Benardosivka, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire
DiedSeptember 21, 1905(1905-09-21) (aged 63)
Fastiv, Russian Empire

Nikolay Nikolayevich Benardos (Russian: Никола́й Никола́евич Бенардо́с; 1842–1905) was a Russian inventor of Greek descent who in 1881 introduced carbon arc welding, which was the first practical arc welding method.