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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abraham Darby I has received more than 377,753 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Abraham Darby I is the 255th most popular inventor, the 2,362nd most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 39th most popular British Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Abraham Darby I ranks 255 out of 426. Before him are Laurens Hammond, Ottomar Anschütz, Joseph Whitworth, Léon Gaumont, Fritz von Opel, and Ricardo Wolf. After him are James Nasmyth, Robert Cornelius, Petrache Poenaru, Arthur Wynne, Jacob W. Davis, and Wan Hu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1678, Abraham Darby I ranks 11. Before him are Louis Alexandre, Count of Toulouse, Filippo Juvarra, Peter Lacy, Francesco Farnese, Duke of Parma, Karl Leopold, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and Adrien Maurice de Noailles. After him are Jakob Hermann, Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, and Pierre Raymond de Montmort. Among people deceased in 1717, Abraham Darby I ranks 10. Before him are Jeanne Guyon, Christian II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, 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 2,362 out of 8,785. Before him are Alex Higgins (1949), John Owen (1616), Phil Read (1939), John Michell (1724), Derek Warwick (1954), and Trevor Francis (1954). After him are Kevin Ayers (1944), Tony Cragg (1949), John Brunner (1934), George Dawe (1781), Robert Catesby (1573), and Kelly Brook (1979).

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Among INVENTORS In United Kingdom

Among inventors born in United Kingdom, Abraham Darby I ranks 39. Before him are Robert Watson-Watt (1892), Alexander Parkes (1813), Hubert Cecil Booth (1871), Clive Sinclair (1940), John Kemp Starley (1854), and Joseph Whitworth (1803). After him are James Nasmyth (1808), Arthur Wynne (1871), Frederick Scott Archer (1813), Harry Brearley (1871), Walter Clopton Wingfield (1833), and Samuel Morland (1625).

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