Sorby is an

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

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Angela Sorby Angela Sorby is an American poet, professor, and literary scholar. Biography She was born in Seattle, Washington and teaches at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Her main teaching areas are American literature and creative writing and ...

, American poet, professor and literary scholar *

Henry Clifton Sorby Henry Clifton Sorby (10 May 1826 – 9 March 1908) was an English microscopist and geologist. His major contribution was the development of techniques for studying iron and steel with microscopes. This paved the way for the mass production of ste ...

(1826–1908), English microscopist and geologist * Sunniva Sorby, Norwegian-Canadian expeditioner, historian and guide *

Thomas Sorby Thomas Heathcote Sorby (16 February 1856 – 13 December 1930) was an English amateur footballer who made one appearance for England. Football career Sorby was born in Sheffield, the fourth of ten children of Thomas Austin Sorby (1823–1885) ...

(1856–1930), English international footballer *

Thomas Charles Sorby Thomas Charles Sorby (1836-1924) was a British architect, who emigrated to Canada in 1883, where he mostly worked in Vancouver and Victoria, British Columbia. Thomas Charles Sorby was born in Wakefield, Yorkshire, and studied architecture in Londo ...

(1836-1924), English architect who emigrated to Canada * Warren Sorby (born 1965), Fijian Olympic swimmer

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