Sir Richard Arkwright

(1732-1792)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Arkwright, Richard, Sir, 1732-1792 NRA: Arkwright, Sir Richard (1732-1792) Knight Engineer DNB: Arkwright, Sir Richard (1732-1792), inventor of cotton-spinning machinery and cotton manufacturer LBT ID: RiArkwr1792 VIAF ID: 30336180 LOC ID: n50001585	B/BAP: 1732-12-23 DIED: 1792-08-03
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Inventor of a spinning machine patented in 1769 and cotton manufacturer.
REFERENCES TO Sir Richard Arkwright: John Whishaw to Thomas Smith, 8 January 1814 in The “Pope” of Holland House: Selections from the Correspondence of John Whishaw and his Friends 1813-1840 (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1906) Found 1: ¶ 4 Charles Knight, Passages of a Working Life during Half a Century: with a Prelude of Early Reminiscences 3 vols (London: Bradbury and Evans, 1864-1865) Chapter IV Found 1: ¶ 9 Chapter V Found 1: ¶ 4 Chapter VI Found 1: ¶ 23 L'Estrange, A. G. K. (Alfred Guy Kingan), 1832-1915, Literary Life of the Rev. William Harness (London: Macmillan and Co., 1878) Chapter VIII. Found 1: ¶ 15 Whishaw, J. (John), 1764 or 5-1840, The “Pope” of Holland House: Selections from the Correspondence of John Whishaw and his Friends 1813-1840 (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1906) Chapter II: 1814