# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-arkwright
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:53:24.724Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-arkwright"
name: "Richard Arkwright"
slug: "richard-arkwright"
description: "Sir Richard Arkwright 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."
tagline: "Textile entrepreneur; developer of the spinning frame (known as the water frame)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Arkwright_Richard_1790.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1732-12-23"
deathDate: "1792-08-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             15
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  currentAttention:     6.04
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
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  country:  null
  category: 246
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump