Abraham Darby II
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Abraham Darby II was an 18th-century English ironmaster who significantly advanced coke-smelting techniques and expanded the iron industry at Coalbrookdale during the early Industrial Revolution.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Abraham Darby II canonical | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
industrialist
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ironmaster ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Coalbrookdale Company blast furnaces
NERFINISHED
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Shropshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Coalbrookdale Quaker burial ground NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child | Abraham Darby III NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contributedTo | development of the Industrial Revolution in Britain ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
England
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Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1711-04-14 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1763-03-31 ⓘ |
| employer | Coalbrookdale Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | English ⓘ |
| familyName | Darby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Abraham Darby I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
iron smelting
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metallurgy ⓘ |
| givenName | Abraham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| helpedDevelop | mass production of iron using coke ⓘ |
| heritage | Quaker industrialist tradition in Shropshire ⓘ |
| improved | coke-smelting techniques for iron production ⓘ |
| industry | iron industry ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advancing coke-fuelled blast furnace technology
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large-scale iron production at Coalbrookdale ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| locatedInTimePeriod | 18th century ⓘ |
| managed | Coalbrookdale ironworks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf | Darby family of Coalbrookdale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Mary Sergeant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
development of coke-smelting in iron production
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expansion of Coalbrookdale ironworks ⓘ |
| occupation |
entrepreneur
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ironmaster ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Bristol NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Coalbrookdale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor | Abraham Darby I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Quakerism ⓘ |
| residence | Coalbrookdale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| significantEvent | early Industrial Revolution ⓘ |
| succeeded | Abraham Darby I as manager of Coalbrookdale works ⓘ |
| successor | Abraham Darby III NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| used | coke as fuel in blast furnaces ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Coalbrookdale
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Ironbridge Gorge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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