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James Hargreaves
Sign in to saveEnglish cotton weaver; inventor of the spinning jenny
Key facts
- Born
- 13 December 1720, Oswaldtwistle , Lancashire, England
- Died
- 22 April 1778 (1778-04-22) (aged 57), Nottingham , England, Great Britain
- Resting place
- St Mary’s churchyard , Nottingham
- Occupations
- Weaver, Carpenter, Inventor
- Known for
- Spinning jenny
- Height
- 5'10
- Spouse
- Elizabeth Grimshaw ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1740 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- James
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Place of birth
- Blackburn
- Place of death
- Nottingham
- Occupation
- inventor
- Image
- James Russell Lowell - 1855.jpg
- Number of children
- 13
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- Commons category
- James Hargreaves (weaver)
- date of birth
- 1730-01-01
- date of death
- 1778-04-22
- described by source
- The Nuttall Encyclopædia
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Encyclopedic overview
James Hargreaves (c. 1720 – 22 April 1778) was an English weaver, carpenter and inventor who lived and worked in Lancashire, England. Hargreaves is credited with inventing the spinning jenny in 1764.
He was one of three men responsible for the mechanisation of spinning: Richard Arkwright patented the water frame in 1769 and Samuel Crompton combined the two, creating the spinning mule in 1779.
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