Who was abraham darby I and what did he do?
ABRAHAM DARBY I Abraham Darby (April 14, 1678 – May 5, 1717) was the first, and most famous, of three generations with that name in an English Quaker family that played an important role in the Industrial Revolution. He developed a method of producing high-grade 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. ABRAHAM DARBY II Abraham Darby II (1711 – 1763) was the second Abraham Darby in three generations of an English Quaker family that played a role in the Industrial Revolution. He followed in his father’s footsteps at the Darby foundry in Coalbrookdale, refining techniques for producing wrought iron from pig iron and producing the iron to replace the more expensive brass cylinders used in Thomas Newcomen’s steam engines. ABRAHAM DARBY III Abraham Darby III (1750 – 1791) was an English ironmaster and Quaker. He was the third Abraham Darby in three generations of an E
