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