Arkwright invented a water-powered cotton-spinning machine that became the basis for huge cotton mills and eventually the modern factory system. Born in England to a large, poor family, Arkwright ...

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The machine behind the man credited with helping start the Industrial Revolution returns to a Derbyshire town. The Framework ...

Sir Richard Arkwright was an 18th Century inventor and businessman who helped start the modern factory system. But his blue plaque entry on English Heritage's website now highlights the fact his ...

Richard Arkwright was born in 1732, the 13th child of a Preston tailor. He never went to school, but was taught by his cousin, became apprenticed to a barber, and set up shop in Bolton.

family members and friends especially from the various sporting fraternities came out in their numbers to bid farewell to former Jamaica and West Indies cricketer Richard Arkwright Austin at the ...