Awarded Machine Tool Hall of Fame (1998).
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Eli Whitney
Eli Whitney Jr. was an American inventor, widely known for inventing the cotton gin in 1793, one of the key inventions of the Industrial Revolution that shaped the economy of the Antebellum South. Whitney's invention made upland short cotton into a profitable crop, which strengthened the economic foundation of slavery in the United States and prolonged the institution. Despite the social and econo…
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Born 8 December 1765 · Died 8 January 1825 · Q280930
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1974· 1 entry
Awarded National Inventors Hall of Fame (1974).
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1825· 2 entries
Died 1825-01-08.
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In New Haven, Connecticut, just a month after his 59th birthday
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1820· 1 entry
Also named Eli, was known during his lifetime and afterward by the name "Eli Whitney Jr
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1765· 1 entry
Born 1765-12-08.
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