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biography classifications major works cross references biography name: Aspdin, Joseph sex: male lived: (1779–1855) biography: Bricklayer and inventor, born in Leeds, West Yorkshire, N England, UK. A stonemason by trade, in 1824 he patented what he called Portland cement, manufactured from clay and limestone.