Abraham Darby I

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Abraham Darby I was an English ironmaster and pioneering industrialist whose innovations in using coke to smelt iron helped launch the Industrial Revolution.

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Abraham Darby I canonical 11

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Predicate Object
instanceOf industrialist ⓘ
ironmaster ⓘ
pioneer of the Industrial Revolution ⓘ
birthDate 1678-04-14 ⓘ
birthPlace Near Dudley, Worcestershire, England ⓘ
businessModel mass production of cast-iron cookware ⓘ
causeOfDeath asthma ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
dateOfSignificantEvent 1709 ⓘ
deathDate 1717-03-08 ⓘ
deathPlace Coalbrookdale, Shropshire, England ⓘ
linked to: Coalbrookdale
educatedIn apprenticeship in brassworks and metal trades ⓘ
employer Coalbrookdale Company ⓘ
ethnicGroup English ⓘ
familyName Darby ⓘ
fieldOfWork industrial technology ⓘ
iron production ⓘ
metallurgy ⓘ
founded Coalbrookdale Company ⓘ
givenName Abraham ⓘ
hasDescendant Abraham Darby II ⓘ
Abraham Darby III ⓘ
heritageSiteAssociated Ironbridge Gorge ⓘ
industry iron industry ⓘ
influenced development of large-scale iron industry in Britain ⓘ
subsequent generations of Darby ironmasters ⓘ
innovation improvements in casting iron pots using sand moulds ⓘ
use of coke in blast furnaces for iron smelting ⓘ
knownFor producing cheaper cast iron using coke ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
legacy considered a key figure in the origins of the Industrial Revolution ⓘ
memberOf Religious Society of Friends ⓘ
movement Industrial Revolution ⓘ
name Abraham Darby I ⓘ
notableFor contributions to the early Industrial Revolution ⓘ
pioneering the use of coke in iron smelting ⓘ
occupation industrialist ⓘ
ironmaster ⓘ
placeOfActivity Coalbrookdale, Shropshire, England ⓘ
linked to: Coalbrookdale
religion Quaker ⓘ
residence Coalbrookdale, Shropshire, England ⓘ
linked to: Coalbrookdale
significantEvent built a coke-fired blast furnace at Coalbrookdale ⓘ
first successfully used coke instead of charcoal to smelt iron at industrial scale ⓘ
spouse Mary Sergeant ⓘ
usedMaterial coke ⓘ
iron ore ⓘ
sand moulds for casting ⓘ

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Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Coalbrookdale Company → foundedBy → Abraham Darby I ⓘ
Coalbrookdale Company → associatedWith → Abraham Darby I ⓘ
Abraham Darby III → grandfather → Abraham Darby I ⓘ
Abraham Darby III → relative → Abraham Darby I ⓘ
British iron industry → keyFigure → Abraham Darby I ⓘ
Coalbrookdale → associatedWith → Abraham Darby I ⓘ
Abraham Darby I → name → Abraham Darby I ⓘ
Abraham Darby II → father → Abraham Darby I ⓘ
Abraham Darby II → predecessor → Abraham Darby I ⓘ
East Shropshire coalfield → associatedWith → Abraham Darby I ⓘ