Abraham Darby

Abraham Darby may refer to:

  • Abraham Darby I (1678–1717) the first 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 pig iron
  • Abraham Darby II (1711–1763) the second Abraham Darby in three generations in the Quaker family
  • Abraham Darby III (1750–1791) the third Abraham Darby, and involved in the building of the first iron bridge ever built
  • Abraham Darby IV (1804–1878), High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire

Abraham Darby may also refer to:

  • Rosa 'Abraham Darby', the name of a rose cultivar
  • Abraham Darby Specialist School for the Performing Arts, Telford, England

Famous quotes containing the word abraham:

    “A good word is as a good tree—
    its roots are firm,
    and its branches are in heaven;
    it gives its produce every season
    by the leave of its Lord.”
    —Qur’An. Abraham 14:29-30, ed. Arthur J. Arberry (1955)