Richard Arkwright

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Richard Arkwright was an English inventor and entrepreneur whose development of water-powered spinning machinery and factory-based textile production made him a pivotal figure in the early Industrial Revolution.

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Generate an image of Richard Arkwright (Richard Arkwright was an English inventor and entrepreneur whose development of water-powered spinning machinery and factory-based textile production made him a pivotal figure in the early Industrial Revolution.)

All labels observed (5)

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Richard Arkwright canonical 9
Sir Richard Arkwright 7
Arkwright 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf businessperson ⓘ
entrepreneur ⓘ
human ⓘ
industrialist ⓘ
inventor ⓘ
burialPlace St Mary’s Church, Cromford ⓘ
causeOfDeath illness ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1732-12-23 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1792-08-03 ⓘ
educatedAt self-educated ⓘ
ethnicGroup English ⓘ
familyName Arkwright ⓘ
linked to: Richard Arkwright
fieldOfWork mechanical engineering ⓘ
textile industry ⓘ
fullName Sir Richard Arkwright ⓘ
linked to: Richard Arkwright
givenName Richard ⓘ
hasChild Richard Arkwright Jr. ⓘ
linked to: Richard Arkwright
hasInfluenceOn mechanization of textile production ⓘ
rise of factory towns in England ⓘ
hasTitle knight ⓘ
industry cotton industry ⓘ
influenced Industrial Revolution in Britain ⓘ
development of modern factory system ⓘ
knownFor factory system of production ⓘ
mass production of cotton yarn ⓘ
water-powered cotton spinning ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
notableAchievement development of water-powered spinning machinery ⓘ
key role in the early Industrial Revolution ⓘ
pioneering factory-based textile production ⓘ
notableWork factory-based cotton spinning system ⓘ
water frame ⓘ
occupation entrepreneur ⓘ
industrialist ⓘ
inventor ⓘ
manufacturer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Preston, Lancashire, England ⓘ
linked to: Preston
placeOfDeath Cromford, Derbyshire, England ⓘ
previousOccupation barber ⓘ
wig maker ⓘ
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
linked to: Anglican Communion
residence Cromford, Derbyshire, England ⓘ
Preston, Lancashire, England ⓘ
linked to: Preston
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Margaret Biggins ⓘ
Patience Holt ⓘ
workLocation Cromford, Derbyshire, England ⓘ
Lancashire, England ⓘ
linked to: Lancashire

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Industrial Revolution → hasKeyFigure → Richard Arkwright ⓘ
Richard Arkwright → fullName → Sir Richard Arkwright ⓘ
linked to: Richard Arkwright
Richard Arkwright → familyName → Arkwright ⓘ
linked to: Richard Arkwright
Richard Arkwright → hasChild → Richard Arkwright Jr. ⓘ
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Cromford → developedBy → Sir Richard Arkwright ⓘ
subject linked to: Cromford, Derbyshire, England
linked to: Richard Arkwright
Cromford → associatedWith → Sir Richard Arkwright ⓘ
subject linked to: Cromford, Derbyshire, England
linked to: Richard Arkwright
St Mary’s Church, Cromford → burialPlaceOf → Sir Richard Arkwright ⓘ
linked to: Richard Arkwright
St Mary’s Church, Cromford → associatedWith → Sir Richard Arkwright ⓘ
linked to: Richard Arkwright
St Mary’s Church, Cromford → builtFor → Sir Richard Arkwright ⓘ
linked to: Richard Arkwright
Patience Holt → spouse → Richard Arkwright ⓘ
Derwent Valley Mills → associatedWith → Richard Arkwright ⓘ
Margaret Biggins → spouse → Sir Richard Arkwright ⓘ
linked to: Richard Arkwright
Derwent Valley Mills → associatedWith → Richard Arkwright ⓘ
subject linked to: Derwent Valley
Derwent Valley Mills → associatedWith → Arkwright family ⓘ
subject linked to: Derwent Valley
linked to: Richard Arkwright
Jedediah Strutt → partner → Richard Arkwright ⓘ
Cromford Mill → foundedBy → Richard Arkwright ⓘ
Cromford Mill → architect → Richard Arkwright ⓘ
David Dale → businessPartner → Richard Arkwright ⓘ