James Hargreaves
(1720-1778)
English textile machinery developer
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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. He was one of three men responsible for the mechanisation of spinning: Hargreaves is credited with inventing the spinning jenny in 1764; Richard Arkwright patented the water frame in 1769; and Samuel Crompton combined the two, creating the spinning mule in 1779.
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1720 Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, England
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22 April 1778 (aged 57) Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom
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