Richard Arkwright

1732–1792

textile entrepreneur; developer of the spinning frame (known as the water frame)

engineer · entrepreneur · inventor

Born in Preston

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• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
• George Washington (1732–1799)
• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
• Voltaire (1694–1778)
• Immanuel Kant (1724–1804)

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