James Hargreaves

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James Hargreaves was an 18th-century English weaver and inventor best known for creating the spinning jenny, a key innovation in the early Industrial Revolution.


Statements (46)
Predicate Object
instanceOf inventor
person
textile worker
weaver
associatedWith British textile mills
cotton spinning
burialPlace Nottingham
causeOfFame development of multi-spindle spinning frame
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
dateOfBirth c. 1720
dateOfDeath 22 April 1778
era 18th century
early Industrial Revolution
fieldOfWork mechanical invention
textile manufacturing
gender male
hasFamilyName Hargreaves
hasGivenName James
impact increased yarn production efficiency
industry textile industry
influenced Industrial Revolution
invented spinning jenny
knownFor spinning jenny
language English
legacy key figure in early mechanization of textile production
name James Hargreaves
nationality English
notableWork spinning jenny
numberOfChildren 13
occupation inventor
weaver
patent spinning jenny patent of 1770
patentYear 1770
placeOfBirth England
Lancashire
Oswaldtwistle
placeOfDeath England
Nottingham
Nottinghamshire NERFINISHED
regionOfActivity Lancashire
Nottinghamshire NERFINISHED
residence Blackburn
Nottingham
Oswaldtwistle
spouse Elizabeth Grimshaw
workedOn mechanization of spinning

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
spinning jenny
inventedBy
James Hargreaves
name

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