Abraham Darby
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Abraham Darby may refer to:
  • Abraham Darby I
    Abraham Darby I
    Abraham Darby I was the first, and most famous, of three generations with that name in an English Quaker family that played an important role in the Industrial Revolution. He developed a method of producing pig iron in a blast furnace fuelled by coke rather than charcoal...

     (1678–1717)
  • Abraham Darby II
    Abraham Darby II
    Abraham Darby II was the second Abraham Darby in three generations of an English Quaker family that played a role in the period leading up to the Industrial Revolution....

     (1711–1763)
  • Abraham Darby III
    Abraham Darby III
    Abraham Darby III was an English ironmaster and Quaker. He was the third Abraham Darby in three generations of an English Quaker family that played a role in the Industrial Revolution....

     (1750–1791)
  • Abraham Darby IV
    Abraham Darby IV
    Abraham Darby IV was an English ironmaster.He was born in Dale House, Coalbrookdale, Shropshire the son of Edmund Darby, a member of the Darby ironmaking family and Lucy Darby...

     (1804–1878), High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire
    High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire
    The High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire, in common with other counties, was originally the King's representative on taxation upholding the law in Saxon times...



Abraham Darby may also refer to:
  • Rosa 'Abraham Darby'
    Rosa 'Abraham Darby'
    Abraham Darby is a popular rose cultivar which was introduced by David Austin in England in 1985. The English rose was bred by crossing the climber 'Aloha' with the floribunda 'Yellow Chushion' and is named after the industrialist Abraham Darby.It's deeply cupped flowers have an average diameter...

    , the name of a rose cultivar
  • Abraham Darby Specialist School for the Performing Arts
    Abraham Darby Specialist School For The Performing Arts
    Abraham Darby Academy for the Performing Arts and Business Enterprise in Telford, Shropshire, UK, is the current name for the comprehensive school on Hill Top Lane, Ironbridge Road in Madeley which was first founded in 1937. It is named after Abraham Darby III and is situated approximately one mile...

    , Telford, England
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