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Richard Arkwright

1732 - 1792

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Sir Richard Arkwright (23 December 1732 – 3 August 1792) was an English inventor and a leading entrepreneur during the early Industrial Revolution. He is credited as the driving force behind the development of the spinning frame, known as the water frame after it was adapted to use water power; and he patented a rotary carding engine to convert raw cotton to 'cotton lap' prior to spinning. He was the first to develop factories housing both mechanised carding and spinning operations. Arkwright's achievement was to combine power, machinery, semi-skilled labour and the new raw material of cotton to create mass-produced yarn. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Arkwright is the 101st most popular inventor (down from 85th in 2019), the 956th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 653rd in 2019) and the 15th most popular British Inventor.

Richard Arkwright is most famous for inventing the spinning frame, which was the first machine to spin cotton.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Richard Arkwright ranks 101 out of 426. Before him are Sakichi Toyoda, Leo Fender, Daniel Swarovski, John Harrison, Momofuku Ando, and Alexander Stepanovich Popov. After him are Elisha Otis, Charles-Émile Reynaud, Kōnosuke Matsushita, Henry Bessemer, Étienne-Jules Marey, and Orban.

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Among people born in 1732, Richard Arkwright ranks 14. Before him are Jérôme Lalande, Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, Johann Christoph Adelung, John Dickinson, Adélaïde of France, and Abbas III. After him are Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg, Carl Gotthard Langhans, Peter Forsskål, Hieronymus von Colloredo, Warren Hastings, and Nevil Maskelyne. Among people deceased in 1792, Richard Arkwright ranks 8. Before him are Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab, Gustav III of Sweden, Maria Luisa of Spain, Frederick North, Lord North, Marie Thérèse Louise of Savoy, Princesse de Lamballe, and Joshua Reynolds. After him are Johann van Beethoven, Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, and Tiradentes.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Richard Arkwright ranks 956 out of 8,785. Before him are Stirling Moss (1929), H. H. Asquith (1852), William Bateson (1861), Stephen Gray (1666), Peter Cushing (1913), and Kevin Keegan (1951). After him are William Holman Hunt (1827), Naomi Campbell (1970), Thomas Malory (1405), Francis Hutcheson (1694), Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis (1891), and Edmund Spenser (1552).

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Among INVENTORS In United Kingdom

Among inventors born in United Kingdom, Richard Arkwright ranks 15. Before him are Richard Trevithick (1771), John Boyd Dunlop (1840), Henry Fox Talbot (1800), Rowland Hill (1795), Thomas Savery (1650), and John Harrison (1693). After him are Henry Bessemer (1813), William Webb Ellis (1806), James Hargreaves (1720), Edmund Cartwright (1743), Samuel Crompton (1753), and W. O. Bentley (1888).

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