Richard Arkwright, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Richard Arkwright

textile entrepreneur; developer of the cotton mill

Date of Birth: 23-Dec-1732

Place of Birth: Preston, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 03-Aug-1792

Profession: engineer, entrepreneur, inventor

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Sir Richard Arkwright (23 December 1732 – 3 August 1792) 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.Arkwright's achievement was to combine power, machinery, semi-skilled labour and the new raw material of cotton to create mass-produced yarn.
His organizational skills earned him the accolade "father of the modern industrial factory system," notably through the methods developed in his mill at Cromford, Derbyshire (now preserved as part of the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site).



Alternative names	Joseph Wright
Description	English painter and draughtsman
Date of birth/death	3 September 1734	29 August 1797
Location of birth/death	Derby	Derby
Work location	Derby, London
Authority control	: Q214062 VIAF: 89048916 ISNI: 0000 0001 0859 100X ULAN: 500029777 LCCN: n87933688 NLA: 35621531 WorldCat