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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.
Born in Edmonton, Middlesex, on 31 December 1911, the son of James Arthur and Ada Hargreaves (née Jubb), Jack was christened John Herbert and was one of three brothers. The family was rooted in Armitage Bridge near Huddersfield in the West Riding of Yorkshire, where at the time of his marriage in 1907 James Hargreaves was a commercial ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 12 February 2025. Multi-spool spinning frame Model of spinning jenny in the Museum of Early Industrialisation, Wuppertal, Germany. The spinning jenny is a multi- spindle spinning frame, and was one of the key developments in the industrialisation of textile manufacturing during the early Industrial ...
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]
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.
Christopher Aspin (1 February 1933 – 2 February 2024) was an English author, historian, and journalist. Among his published works are a biography of James Hargreaves, inventor of the spinning jenny, and The First Industrial Society: Social History of Lancashire, 1750–1850, a study of the social aspects of the Industrial Revolution. [1]
A former Playboy model killed herself and her 7-year-old son after jumping from a hotel in Midtown New York City on Friday morning. The New York Post reports that 47-year-old Stephanie Adams ...
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 ...