Abraham Darby, in his later life called Abraham Darby the Elder, now sometimes known for convenience as Abraham Darby I (14 April 1677 – 5 May 1717, the first and best known of several men of that name), was a British ironmaster and foundryman. Born into an English Quaker family that played an important role in the Industrial Revolution, Darby developed a method of producing pig iron in a blast furnace fuelled by coke rather than charcoal. This was a major step forward in the production of iron as a raw material for the Industrial Revolution.
Raw cokeThe original blast furnaces at Blists Hill, Madeley
AbrahamDarby, in his later life called AbrahamDarby the Elder, now sometimes known for convenience as AbrahamDarbyI (14 April 1677 – 5 May 1717, the...
AbrahamDarby may refer to: AbrahamDarbyI (1678–1717) the first of several men of that name in an English Quaker family that played an important role...
AbrahamDarby III (24 April 1750 – 1789) was an English ironmaster and Quaker. He was the third man of that name in several generations of an English...
make a large investment in AbrahamDarbyI ironworks at Coalbrookdale, Shropshire. With costs escalating, in April 1713 Darby mortgaged half of the Coalbrookdale...
parish called the Gorge. This is where iron ore was first smelted by AbrahamDarby using easily mined "coking coal". The coal was drawn from drift mines...
Maria Sibylla Merian, German-born naturalist (born 1647) March 8 – AbrahamDarbyI, English ironmaster (born 1678) The Gentle Author (2011-07-02). "Thomas...
introduced AbrahamDarbyI to the iron trade. The Coalbrookdale site is also home to Enginuity, an interactive design and technology centre and Darby Houses...
work of AbrahamDarbyI who successfully used coke to smelt iron. Three successive generations of the same family all bearing the name AbrahamDarby are renowned...
the town. The plans for the Iron Bridge were drawn up in Broseley. AbrahamDarbyI, who developed the process of smelting iron using coking coal, is buried...
Spiders by Martin Lister, the first book devoted to spiders. April 14 – AbrahamDarbyI, ironmaster (died 1717) July 16 – Jakob Hermann, mathematician (died...
electricity and other topics. January 10 – Industrial Revolution: AbrahamDarbyI successfully produces cast iron using coke fuel at his Coalbrookdale...
operate in much the same way as they did during medieval times. In 1709, AbrahamDarbyI established a coke-fired blast furnace to produce cast iron, replacing...
(equivalent to £361,000 to £482,000 in 2016), and AbrahamDarby III, the grandson of AbrahamDarbyI and an ironmaster working at Coalbrookdale, was appointed...
John Nelson Darby (18 November 1800 – 29 April 1882) was an Anglo-Irish Bible teacher, one of the influential figures among the original Plymouth Brethren...
forefather of the Industrial Revolution. AbrahamDarbyI was the first, and most famous, of three generations of the Darby family who played an important role...
after the Nine Years War, there was no demand for these. In 1707, AbrahamDarbyI patented a method of making cast iron pots. His pots were thinner and...
the emergence of industrial society. In 1709 the Birmingham-trained AbrahamDarbyI moved to Coalbrookdale in Shropshire and built the first blast furnace...
Jan Paul Beahm (better known by his stage name Darby Crash, formerly Bobby Pyn; September 26, 1958 – December 7, 1980) was an American singer who, along...
conspicuously placed beside major roads out of London. From around 1700, AbrahamDarbyI made Coalbrookdale the focus of the Industrial Revolution with the...
for AbrahamDarbyI and looks out over the Upper Furnace Pool whose outflow powered the blast furnace. His son AbrahamDarby II married Abiah Darby and...
worked in Coalbrookdale in Shropshire, at the ironworks established by AbrahamDarbyI, and his brother Thomas worked at a forge in Bridgnorth in Shropshire...
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