Richard Arkwright

✶December 23, 1732

†August 3, 1792

0 candles burning, 6 lit in all

About their life

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.

English inventor and entrepreneur (1732–1792)

☆ Follow

Biography from the article Richard Arkwright on the English Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.