James Henry Northrop, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetJames Henry Northrop
British weaver
Date of Birth: 08-May-1856
Place of Birth: Keighley, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 12-Dec-1940
Profession: weaver
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About James Henry Northrop
- James Henry Northrop, (8 May 1856 – 12 December 1940) was born in Keighley, West Yorkshire in the United Kingdom, where he worked in the textile industry.
- He emigrated to Boston, MA, in the USA in 1881.
- By 1898, working in Hopedale, Massachusetts for George Draper and Sons he had filed several hundred patents some of which were used in the Northrop Loom.
- He retired at 42.
- He died in Santa Ana, California on 12 December 1940, at 84.
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