John Kennedy | |
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Born | 4 July 1769 |
Died | 30 October 1855 | (aged 86)
Nationality | British |
Occupation(s) | Engineer Textile machine maker Cotton spinner Textile industrialist |
Known for | The Jack Frame[3] Double Speed spinning machinery Sedgewick Mill Rainhill locomotive trials |
John Kennedy (4 July 1769 – 30 October 1855) was a Scottish textile industrialist in Manchester.
John Kennedy, the inventor of the jack frame and many other items in cotton-spinning machinery.