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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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 NERFINISHED
educatedIn apprenticeship in brassworks and metal trades
employer Coalbrookdale Company NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup English
familyName Darby NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork industrial technology
iron production
metallurgy
founded Coalbrookdale Company NERFINISHED
givenName Abraham NERFINISHED
hasDescendant Abraham Darby II NERFINISHED
Abraham Darby III NERFINISHED
heritageSiteAssociated Ironbridge Gorge NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
movement Industrial Revolution NERFINISHED
name Abraham Darby I NERFINISHED
notableFor contributions to the early Industrial Revolution
pioneering the use of coke in iron smelting
occupation industrialist
ironmaster
placeOfActivity Coalbrookdale, Shropshire, England NERFINISHED
religion Quaker
residence Coalbrookdale, Shropshire, England NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
usedMaterial coke
iron ore
sand moulds for casting

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Coalbrookdale Company foundedBy Abraham Darby I
Coalbrookdale Company associatedWith Abraham Darby I