Famous People of the Industrial Revolution
Across
- 2. Pioneer in social work who founded more than 90 homes for destitute children
- 6. Was an American inventor best known for inventing the cotton gin
- 7. English inventor of the spinning jenny the first practical application of multiple spinning by a machine
- 10. A Scottish inventor and mechanical engineer and chemist
- 12. English American writer and pamphleteer
- 14. Contributed to the development of the iron and steel industries
- 15. Welsh textile manufacturer and philanthropic social reformer
- 16. Textile workers during the Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
- 20. English statesman who served as the Secretary of State for a decade
- 22. Radical English journalist who was a notable champion of the freedom of the press
Down
- 1. Invented the automobile
- 3. English inventor and a leading entrepreneur during the early Industrial Revolution
- 4. Invented a new way of building roads
- 5. Was a British politician and philanthropist
- 8. English civil engineer and mechanical engineer. Renowned as the "Father of Railways"
- 9. Was the inventor of the flying shuttle which was a key contribution to the Industrial Revolution
- 11. English agricultural pioneer from Berkshire who helped bring about the British Agricultural Revolution
- 13. English inventor who created the atmospheric engine
- 17. Wrote articles and novels attacking and satirizing owners of industry
- 18. A British artist who depicted the Industrial Revolution in his paintings
- 19. An economist and philosopher who wrote what is considered the "bible of capitalism"
- 21. Celebrated nature as a healing and restorative force one which humans neglect to their own peril