“As an architectural charity, our focus is always on getting the building re-used in a sensitive way that is respectful of the historic fabric.”
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Isaac Singer
Isaac Merritt Singer was an American inventor, actor, and businessman. He made important improvements in the design of the sewing machine and was the founder of what became one of the first American multi-national businesses, the Singer Sewing Machine Company.
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business · American inventor and businessman (1811–1875) · inventor · stage actor · businessperson · entrepreneur · mechanic · also Isaac Singer, Isaac Merritt Singer, Singer
Born 27 October 1811 · Died 23 July 1875 · Q312011
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2026· 2 entries
“true symbol for the Industrial Revolution and historically of high significance”
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2024· 1 entry
USD) According to PBS, "His partner, Edward Cabot Clark, pioneered installment purchasing plans and accepted trade-ins, causing sales to soar
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2022· 1 entry
Snopes rated the claim “A photograph shows Isabelle Boyer-Singer, the woman who modeled for the Statue of Liberty.” Mostly False.
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1992· 1 entry
“Sholem Asch and Isaac Bashevis Singer”
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1978· 1 entry
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature — for his impassioned narrative art which, with roots in a Polish-Jewish cultural tradition, brings universal human conditions to life.
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1941· 1 entry
The factory and area was severely damaged (losing 390,000 sq ft 36,000 sq m) in the 'Clydebank Blitz' when at least 35,000 homes were damaged and 500 people, including 39 Singer workers were killed
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1911· 1 entry
Most of the mainly female workforce at the Clydebank Singer factory went on strike in support of 12 workers who had objected to increased workload and lower pay conditions imposed (by this time there were 11,500 employee
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1904· 1 entry
“unique, nationally-important building”
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1875· 3 entries
Died 1875-07-23.
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Dividing his $13 million fortune unequally among 20 of his living children by his wives and various mistresses, although one son, who had supported his mother in her divorce case against Singer, received only $500
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Shortly after the wedding of his daughter by Mary Eastwood Walters, Alice, whose dress had cost as much as a London apartment
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1872· 1 entry
Married Sarah Augusta Webb (1851–1909), a twin sister of William Seward Webb (who married Eliza Osgood Vanderbilt)
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1871· 1 entry
Singer purchased an estate and settled with Isabella in Paignton, Devon, England
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1862· 1 entry
Singer was let out on bond and, disgraced, fled to London in 1862, taking Mary McGonigal with him.
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1861· 1 entry
His longstanding mistress Mary Ann took him to court for abusing her and daughter Vouletti
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1860· 1 entry
Singer divorced Catherine on the basis of her adultery with Stephen Kent
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1856· 3 entries
Manufacturers Grover & Baker, Singer, Wheeler & Wilson, all accusing each other of patent infringement, met in Albany, New York to pursue their suits
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And 13,000 in 1860 at a new plant on Mott Street in New York
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Smaller machines began to be marketed for home use
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1850· 1 entry
To display his invention at the machine shop of Orson C
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1839· 1 entry
Singer obtained his first patent, for a machine to drill rock, selling it for $2,000 (or over $150,000 in 2024 dollars) to the I & M Canal Building Company
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1836· 1 entry
While still married to Catherine, Singer began a 25-year affair with Mary Ann Sponsler
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1830· 2 entries
In 1830, at nineteen, Isaac Singer married fifteen-year-old Catherine Maria Haley (1815–1884).
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At nineteen, Isaac Singer married fifteen-year-old Catherine Maria Haley (1815–1884)
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1821· 1 entry
His parents divorced and his mother abandoned Isaac
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1811· 2 entries
In the hamlet of Johnsonville, town of Pittstown
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Born 1811-10-27.
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