Richard Arkwright

E11793
businessperson entrepreneur human industrialist inventor

Richard Arkwright was an English inventor and entrepreneur whose development of water-powered spinning machinery and factory-based textile production made him a pivotal figure in the early Industrial Revolution.

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Label Occurrences
Sir Richard Arkwright 7
Richard Arkwright canonical 4
Arkwright 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf businessperson ⓘ
entrepreneur ⓘ
human ⓘ
industrialist ⓘ
inventor ⓘ
burialPlace St Mary’s Church, Cromford ⓘ
causeOfDeath illness ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1732-12-23 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1792-08-03 ⓘ
educatedAt self-educated ⓘ
ethnicGroup English ⓘ
familyName Richard Arkwright self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Arkwright
fieldOfWork mechanical engineering ⓘ
textile industry ⓘ
fullName Richard Arkwright self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sir Richard Arkwright
givenName Richard ⓘ
hasChild Richard Arkwright self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Richard Arkwright Jr.
hasInfluenceOn mechanization of textile production ⓘ
rise of factory towns in England ⓘ
hasTitle knight ⓘ
industry cotton industry ⓘ
influenced Industrial Revolution ⓘ
surface form: Industrial Revolution in Britain

development of modern factory system ⓘ
knownFor factory system of production ⓘ
mass production of cotton yarn ⓘ
water-powered cotton spinning ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
notableAchievement development of water-powered spinning machinery ⓘ
key role in the early Industrial Revolution ⓘ
pioneering factory-based textile production ⓘ
notableWork factory-based cotton spinning system ⓘ
water frame ⓘ
occupation entrepreneur ⓘ
industrialist ⓘ
inventor ⓘ
manufacturer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Preston ⓘ
surface form: Preston, Lancashire, England
placeOfDeath Cromford, Derbyshire, England ⓘ
previousOccupation barber ⓘ
wig maker ⓘ
religion Anglican Communion ⓘ
surface form: Anglicanism
residence Cromford, Derbyshire, England ⓘ
Preston ⓘ
surface form: Preston, Lancashire, England
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Margaret Biggins ⓘ
Patience Holt ⓘ
workLocation Cromford, Derbyshire, England ⓘ
Lancashire ⓘ
surface form: Lancashire, England

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Industrial Revolution → hasKeyFigure → Richard Arkwright ⓘ
Richard Arkwright → fullName → Richard Arkwright self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Richard Arkwright
Richard Arkwright → familyName → Richard Arkwright self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arkwright
Richard Arkwright → hasChild → Richard Arkwright self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Richard Arkwright Jr.
Cromford, Derbyshire, England → developedBy → Richard Arkwright ⓘ
subject surface form: Cromford
this entity surface form: Sir Richard Arkwright
Cromford, Derbyshire, England → associatedWith → Richard Arkwright ⓘ
subject surface form: Cromford
this entity surface form: Sir Richard Arkwright
St Mary’s Church, Cromford → burialPlaceOf → Richard Arkwright ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Richard Arkwright
St Mary’s Church, Cromford → associatedWith → Richard Arkwright ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Richard Arkwright
St Mary’s Church, Cromford → builtFor → Richard Arkwright ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Richard Arkwright
Patience Holt → spouse → Richard Arkwright ⓘ
Derwent Valley Mills → associatedWith → Richard Arkwright ⓘ
Margaret Biggins → spouse → Richard Arkwright ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Richard Arkwright
Derwent Valley → associatedWith → Richard Arkwright ⓘ
subject surface form: Derwent Valley Mills
Derwent Valley → associatedWith → Richard Arkwright ⓘ
subject surface form: Derwent Valley Mills
this entity surface form: Arkwright family