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3 unusual facts about William Savery


William Savery

Before leaving Britain, Savery visited Ireland and stayed at Anner Mills, Clonmel, the home of the Irish Quaker businesswoman and social benefactor, Sarah Pim Grubb.

Savery and his party then traveled to Germany, to visit Bad Pyrmont which was then, and still is, the center of German Quakerism.

At Bath, he met the English religious writer and philanthropist, Hannah More, and was introduced by her to the preeminent abolitionist of the time, William Wilberforce.



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