Richard Arkwright
✓ Source-basedrisingTextile entrepreneur; developer of the spinning frame (known as the water frame)
Sir Richard Arkwright was an English inventor and a leading entrepreneur during the early Industrial Revolution.
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Susannah Arkwright, Mrs Charles Hurt (1762-1835), and her daughter Mary Anne (painting by Joseph Wright of Derby)
Arkwright's mill at Cromford
Masson Mill on the River Derwent, and Arkwright's house Willersley Castle, completed only after his death.
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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.
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