Curated category
English industrialists
- Richard ArkwrightRichard Arkwright opened a small shop on Churchgate in Bolton during the early 1760s. He worked as a barber and wig-maker for local customers.
- John Cockerill (industrialist)John Cockerill arrived in the world on the 3rd of August 1790 at Haslingden, Lancashire. His father William Cockerill was a British entrepreneur who built…