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James Hargreaves

1720 - 1778

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James Hargreaves (c. 1720 – 22 April 1778) was an English weaver, carpenter and inventor who lived and worked in Lancashire, England. Hargreaves is credited with inventing the spinning jenny in 1764. He was one of three men responsible for the mechanisation of spinning: Richard Arkwright patented the water frame in 1769 and Samuel Crompton combined the two, creating the spinning mule in 1779. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James Hargreaves is the 118th most popular inventor (down from 84th in 2019), the 1,143rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 642nd in 2019) and the 18th most popular British Inventor.

James Hargreaves is most famous for inventing the spinning jenny.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, James Hargreaves ranks 118 out of 426. Before him are Johann Philipp Reis, David Bushnell, Josiah Warren, Clément Ader, Jacque Fresco, and Robert Noyce. After him are Edmund Cartwright, Theobald Boehm, Franz Reichelt, Samuel Crompton, Hans von Ohain, and Nikolai Kardashev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1720, James Hargreaves ranks 13. Before him are Emperor Sakuramachi, Anna Maria Mozart, Louisa Ulrika of Prussia, Honoré III, Prince of Monaco, Charles Bonnet, and Vilna Gaon. After him are Heraclius II of Georgia, William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, Balaji Baji Rao, Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Johann Schobert, and Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini. Among people deceased in 1778, James Hargreaves ranks 8. Before him are Carl Linnaeus, Voltaire, William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, Laura Bassi, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, and Anna Maria Mozart. After him are Étienne-Gabriel Morelly, Duke Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Thomas Arne, Louis Victor, Prince of Carignano, Princess Christine of Hesse-Rotenburg, and Alvise Giovanni Mocenigo.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James Hargreaves ranks 1,143 out of 8,785. Before him are Bill Wyman (1936), John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (1792), Margaret of York (1446), Frederick Fleet (1887), Stephen Boyd (1931), and James Mirrlees (1936). After him are Colin Chapman (1928), Anne Hyde (1637), Edmund Cartwright (1743), Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom (1868), Joan Plowright (1929), and Joseph Chamberlain (1836).

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Among INVENTORS In United Kingdom

Among inventors born in United Kingdom, James Hargreaves ranks 18. Before him are Rowland Hill (1795), Thomas Savery (1650), John Harrison (1693), Richard Arkwright (1732), Henry Bessemer (1813), and William Webb Ellis (1806). After him are Edmund Cartwright (1743), Samuel Crompton (1753), W. O. Bentley (1888), John Kay (1704), Robert Stirling (1790), and Oliver Lodge (1851).

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