Famous People of the Industrial Revolution

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  1. 2. Irish philanthropist who founded homes for poor children and provided education and care to all of them
  2. 4. inventor of the seed drill and other agricultural machines
  3. 7. scottish economist who was considered the 'father of capitalism'
  4. 9. invented the spinning jenny
  5. 10. invented macadam/macadamisation
  6. 14. journalist and agitator of the freedom of the press in the UK
  7. 17. improved the steam engine
  8. 21. english inventor of the spinning and water frames
  9. 22. British philanthropist and politician most known as being the leader of the abolishing of the slave trade movement
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  1. 1. people who don't like modern or new technology
  2. 3. invented the flying shuttle
  3. 5. / inventor of the atmospheric/steam engine
  4. 6. english romantic painter and printmaker
  5. 8. 'Father of the Railways' and inventor of railway locomotives
  6. 11. created the coke (rather than charcoal) burning blast furnace and contributed to the success of the iron and steel industries
  7. 12. novelist who wrote Frankenstein
  8. 13. social reformer and writer of 'A Christmas Carol', 'Oliver Twist'
  9. 15. automobile manufacturer and founder of a famous car company
  10. 16. american inventor of the cotton gin
  11. 18. political theorist and activist known for his Common Sense pamphlet
  12. 19. invented crop rotation, and revolutionized food production
  13. 20. known as the 'father of british socialism', this textile manufacturer was a founder of utopian socialism