Note Race and Gender : White Male Henry Scrope Shrapnel (3 Jun 1761 - 13 Mar 1842) was an English soldier and inventor of the anti-personnel weapon known by his name - the Shrapnel artillery shell - designed to explode, widely spreading its content of small lead musket balls to injure enemy soldiers. Exploded fragments from the metal casing of modern artillery, bombs or mines are still known as shrapnel. He invented a percussion lock for small arms (patented 1834) and other improvements in fuses, ammunition and small arms. He also prepared important artillery range tables and originated the brass tangent slide to improve the sighting of guns. Incorporating his idea of the parabolic chamber, howitzers and mortars were operated more efficiently. https://todayinsci.com/S/Shrapnel_Henry/ShrapnelHenry.htm https://www.britannica.com/biography/Henry-Shrapnel https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/2015/10/12/henry-shrapnel-the-battle-of-waterloo/ Not Secure: http://www.theinventors.org/library/inventors/blshrapnel.htm