INVENTOR

James Hargreaves

1720 - 1778

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James Hargreaves (c. 1720 – 22 April 1778) was an English weaver, carpenter and inventor who lived and worked in Lancashire, England. Hargreaves is credited with inventing the spinning jenny in 1764. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Hargreaves has received more than 511,435 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). James Hargreaves is the 84th most popular inventor (down from 77th in 2019), the 642nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 613th in 2019) and the 14th most popular British Inventor.

James Hargreaves is most famous for inventing the spinning jenny.

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  • 63.02

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  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, James Hargreaves ranks 84 out of 426. Before him are Alois Senefelder, Ray Tomlinson, Bi Sheng, Thomas Savery, Sakichi Toyoda, and Henry Bessemer. After him are Richard Arkwright, Vladimir K. Zworykin, Alexander Stepanovich Popov, Mary the Jewess, William Webb Ellis, and Wolfgang von Kempelen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1720, James Hargreaves ranks 7. Before him are Baron Munchausen, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Philip, Duke of Parma, Charles Edward Stuart, Carlo Gozzi, and Anna Maria Mozart. After him are Louisa Ulrika of Prussia, Emperor Sakuramachi, Heraclius II of Georgia, Charles Bonnet, Vilna Gaon, and Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel. Among people deceased in 1778, James Hargreaves ranks 7. Before him are Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Carl Linnaeus, Voltaire, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Laura Bassi, and Anna Maria Mozart. After him are Louis Victor, Prince of Carignano, William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, Étienne-Gabriel Morelly, Thomas Arne, Alvise Giovanni Mocenigo, and Duke Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James Hargreaves ranks 642 out of 8,785. Before him are Julian Barnes (1946), Kenneth MacAlpin (810), Henry Bessemer (1813), Rudolf Abel (1903), W. H. Auden (1907), and Arthur Cecil Pigou (1877). After him are Philippa of England (1394), James Paul Moody (1887), James Dewar (1842), George Martin (1926), John Kendrew (1917), and Bobby Robson (1933).

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Among INVENTORS In United Kingdom

Among inventors born in United Kingdom, James Hargreaves ranks 14. Before him are John Logie Baird (1888), John Herschel (1792), John Boyd Dunlop (1840), Henry Fox Talbot (1800), Thomas Savery (1650), and Henry Bessemer (1813). After him are Richard Arkwright (1732), William Webb Ellis (1806), John Harrison (1693), Edmund Cartwright (1743), Samuel Crompton (1753), and W. O. Bentley (1888).

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