Abraham Darby III (1750 – 1791) was an English ironmaster and Quaker.

He carried on his family's tradition of improving the art of smelting iron. His most famous achievement was building the largest cast iron structure of his era: a bridge over the Severn. The bridge's importance caused the village of Ironbridge, Shropshire to grow up around it, with the area being subsequently named Ironbridge Gorge.

The two key themes of Darby's life – iron and the Quakers – and the character himself are present in a fantasy novel called The Iron Bridge by David Morse ^*.

See also

• Abraham Darby I
• Abraham Darby II

External links

• The Darby family of inventors
• The Darby family
• The Darby dynasty
• The Coalbrookdale Company, with which the family was associated

English business people | People of the Industrial Revolution | Ironmasters | Quakers | Foundrymen | 1750 births | 1791 deaths

Abraham Darby III