Crompton

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Crompton is an English surname most notably associated with Samuel Crompton, the inventor of the spinning mule that revolutionized textile manufacturing during the Industrial Revolution.

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Label Occurrences
Crompton canonical 5

Statements (25)

Predicate Object
instanceOf English-language surname
human
surname
textile machine
associatedWith Industrial Revolution
textile manufacturing
category English-language surnames
occupational or toponymic surnames
countryOfPrevalence England
United Kingdom
etymologyStatus English surname of toponymic origin (likely from a place name meaning "crooked hill" or "bent enclosure")
familyName Crompton self-linksurface differs
hasNotableAssociation spinning mule
hasNotableBearer Samuel Crompton
historicalPeriod Industrial Revolution
industry textile industry
knownFor spinning mule
languageOfOrigin English
notableWork spinning mule
occupation inventor
significance revolutionized textile manufacturing
revolutionized textile manufacturing
use spinning cotton
spinning textile fibre
usedAs family name

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Samuel Crompton familyName Crompton
Shaw hasNeighbourhood Crompton
Shaw and Crompton hasPart Crompton
Crompton familyName Crompton self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Samuel Crompton