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English Quakers
- Abraham Darby IIAbraham Darby II entered the world on the 12th of May 1711 within the valley of Coalbrookdale, Shropshire. His parents were Abraham and Mary Sergeant…
- Abraham Darby IIIAbraham Darby III entered the world on the 24th of April 1750 within the iron-rich valley of Coalbrookdale. He was the eldest son of Abraham Darby the…
- Judi DenchJudi Dench was born in the Heworth area of York on the 9th of December 1934. Her father, Reginald Arthur Dench, practiced medicine there while her mother…
- Abraham Darby IAbraham Darby was born on the 14th of April 1677 at a place called Wren's Nest in Woodsetton. This location now sits within Dudley, West Midlands.
- Ben KingsleyOn the 31st of December 1943, a boy named Krishna Pandit Bhanji entered the world in Snainton, North Riding of Yorkshire.
- Edward Burnett TylorEdward Burnett Tylor was born on the 2nd of October 1832 in Camberwell, London. He grew up as part of a wealthy Quaker family that owned a brass factory in…
- Donald SwannDonald Ibrahim Swann entered the world on the 30th of September 1923 in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire. His father Herbert Alfredovich Swann was a Russian doctor…
- Benjamin HuntsmanBenjamin Huntsman was born on the 4th of June 1704 in Epworth, Lincolnshire. He was the fourth child of William and Mary Huntsman, a farming couple who…