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Abraham Darby I

1678 - 1717

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Abraham Darby I is the 312th most popular inventor (down from 255th in 2024), the 3,482nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,361st in 2019) and the 51st most popular British Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Abraham Darby I ranks 312 out of 426. Before him are Marion Donovan, Walter Clopton Wingfield, Štefan Banič, Wilhelm Bauer, Paul von Jankó, and Wilson Greatbatch. After him are Whitcomb L. Judson, Rostislav Alexeyev, Kenjiro Takayanagi, Almon Brown Strowger, Walter Bruch, and John Shepherd-Barron.

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Among people born in 1678, Abraham Darby I ranks 14. Before him are Karl Leopold, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Peter Lacy, Pierre Raymond de Montmort, Adrien Maurice de Noailles, Jakob Hermann, and Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke.  Among people deceased in 1717, Abraham Darby I ranks 10. Before him are Christian II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, Samuel Bellamy, Anna Leszczyńska, Magnus Stenbock, Nicolaes Witsen, and Jean Jouvenet. After him is Abdul Aziz Hotak.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Abraham Darby I ranks 3,483 out of 8,785. Before him are Nicholas Clay (1946), Centwine of Wessex (643), Philip Jackson (1948), William Davies Evans (1790), Francis Buchanan-Hamilton (1762), and Barry Ackroyd (1954). After him are Melita Norwood (1912), John Walter Gregory (1864), David Don (1799), Gabrielle Anwar (1970), Anita Brookner (1928), and Garry Chalk (1952).

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Among INVENTORS In United Kingdom

Among inventors born in United Kingdom, Abraham Darby I ranks 51. Before him are Frederick Scott Archer (1813), Joseph Aspdin (1778), Joseph Whitworth (1803), Samuel Morland (1625), George Graham (1673), and Walter Clopton Wingfield (1833). After him are Harry Brearley (1871), Henry Shrapnel (1761), David Dunbar Buick (1854), William Fothergill Cooke (1806), John Wilkinson (1728), and Kirkpatrick Macmillan (1835).

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