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James Hargreaves (c. 1720 – 22 April 1778) [2] was an English weaver, carpenter [citation needed] and inventor who lived and worked in Lancashire, England.
James Hargreaves (May 1834 – 4 April 1915) was a British chemist and an inventor. He was born at Hoarstones in Fence, Lancashire , the eldest child of James Hargreaves, a schoolmaster at Slaithwaite near Marsden .
The spinning jenny was invented by James Hargreaves.He was born in Oswaldtwistle, near Blackburn, around 1720.Blackburn was a town with a population of about 5,000, known for the production of "Blackburn greys," cloths of linen warp and cotton weft initially imported from India.
James George Hargreaves (born 14 July 1957), [1] known as George Hargreaves or J. G. Hargreaves, is an English religious minister, community worker, political campaigner, former politician, former music producer, songwriter, TV producer and currently working as a Christian missionary. He was leader of the Christian Party, having founded it in 2004.
Jack Hargreaves OBE (31 December 1911 – 15 March 1994), full name John Herbert Hargreaves, was an English television presenter and writer whose enduring interest was to comment without nostalgia or sentimentality on accelerating distortions in relations between the city and the countryside, seeking – in entertaining ways – to question and rebut metropolitan assumptions about its ...
James Hargreaves (1720–1778) was a British weaver, carpenter and inventor, credited with inventing the spinning Jenny. James Hargreaves may also refer to: James Hargreaves (English cricketer) (1859–1922), American-born British cricketer; James Hargreaves (New Zealand cricketer) (1868-1924), New Zealand cricketer
Richard Guest, claimed that Thomas Highs was the actual inventor of both Hargreaves' spinning jenny, and Arkwright's rollers, the feature of the water frame. [6] This had been tested in court. Richard Guest firstly wrote 'A History of Cotton Manufacture' in 1823, this was partially quoted by the Baines in History of Lancashire, Vol 1 p118 Vol2 ...
James Henry Hargreaves (1859 — 11 April 1922) was an American-born English first-class cricketer and sports retailer.. Hargreaves was born at New York City in 1859. He later moved to England, where he played two first-class matches for Hampshire against Sussex at Hove in 1884, and Surrey at Southampton in 1885. [1]