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Dec 13, 1720 Blackburn, England, United Kingdom Died on 22 Apr 1778 (aged 57)
Inventor of the spinning jenny
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About James Hargreaves
- James Hargreaves (c.
- 1720 – 22 April 1778) was a weaver, carpenter and inventor who lived and worked in Lancashire, England.
- He was one of three men responsible for the mechanisation of spinning: Hargreaves is credited with inventing the spinning jenny in 1764; Richard Arkwright patented the water frame in 1769; and Samuel Crompton combined the two, creating the spinning mule in 1779.
