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Arkwright, Richard, Sir, 1732-1792

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Personal name headingArkwright, Richard, Sir, 1732-1792
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Associated countryGreat Britain England
Birth date17321223
Death date17920803
Place of birthPreston (Lancashire, England)
Place of deathCromford (England)
Field of activityEntrepreneurship Inventions Cotton manufacture
Profession or occupationBusinessmen Inventors
Found inGuest, R. A compendious hist. of the cotton-manufacture ... 1823
Wikipedia, viewed 27 June 2018 (Sir Richard Arkwright; born 23 December 1732 in Preston, Lancashire;died 3 August 1792 in Cromford, Derbyshire; was an English inventor and a leading entrepreneur during the early Industrial Revolution; is credited with inventing the spinning frame)
Associated languageeng