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<p> Born at Preston, Lancashire; bred to the trade of a barber; took interest in the machinery of cotton-spinning; with the help of a clockmaker, invented the spinning frame; was mobbed for threatening thereby to shorten labour and curtail wages, and had to flee; fell in with Mr. Strutt of Derby, who entered into partnership with him; prospered in business and died worth half a million. "French Revolutions were a-brewing; to resist the same in any way, Imperial Cæsars were impotent without the cotton and cloth of England; and it was this man," says Carlyle, "that had to give to [[England]] the power of cotton" (1732-1792). </p> | <p> Born at Preston, Lancashire; bred to the trade of a barber; took interest in the machinery of cotton-spinning; with the help of a clockmaker, invented the spinning frame; was mobbed for threatening thereby to shorten labour and curtail wages, and had to flee; fell in with Mr. Strutt of Derby, who entered into partnership with him; prospered in business and died worth half a million. "French Revolutions were a-brewing; to resist the same in any way, Imperial Cæsars were impotent without the cotton and cloth of England; and it was this man," says Carlyle, "that had to give to [[England]] the power of cotton" (1732-1792). </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_67706"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/arkwright,+sir+richard Sir Richard Arkwright from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_67706"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/arkwright,+sir+richard Sir Richard Arkwright from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:47, 15 October 2021
Sir Richard Arkwright [1]
Born at Preston, Lancashire; bred to the trade of a barber; took interest in the machinery of cotton-spinning; with the help of a clockmaker, invented the spinning frame; was mobbed for threatening thereby to shorten labour and curtail wages, and had to flee; fell in with Mr. Strutt of Derby, who entered into partnership with him; prospered in business and died worth half a million. "French Revolutions were a-brewing; to resist the same in any way, Imperial Cæsars were impotent without the cotton and cloth of England; and it was this man," says Carlyle, "that had to give to England the power of cotton" (1732-1792).
