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William Knox D'Arcy
William Knox D'Arcy (11 October 1849 – 1 May 1917) was one of the principal founders of the oil and petrochemical industry in Persia (Iran).
==Early life==
He was born in Newton Abbot, England, the son of a solicitor. He attended Westminster School until 1866 when the family emigrated to Australia, settling in Rockhampton, Queensland. D'Arcy continued his studies and chose to follow law, later joining his father's business. He did well and began to speculate, initially in land.
He married Elena Birkbeck of Rockhampton at St Patrick's Cathedral, Parramatta on 23 October 1872. Elena was born in Mexico in 1840, the only daughter of Damiana de Barre Valdez and Samual Birkbeck. Samaul Birkbeck was a mining engineer from Illinois in the United States. He was descended from the English Birkbecks, a Quaker family with an interest in education.〔George Birkbeck, founder of the London Mechanics' Institute was a family member.〕 Samual Birkbeck met his wife, Damiana de Barre Valdez, while working in Mexico, managing a silver mine.
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