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Jethro Tull
Jethro Tull was the inventor of the seed drill. The seed drill was invented in 1701 and improved the quickness of planting and put the seeds in neat rows. -
Abraham Darby
Darby was an Englishman from the Quaker family who is credited for creating the smelting process in 1709. Darby also advanced the mass production of brass and iron goods. He also developed the process of sand molding. -
Thomas Newcomen
Thomas Newcomen was an English inventor who created the first practical steam engine used for pumping water. -
John Wesley
John Wesley was a Christian theologican who is credited for the finding of the Methodist movement. Charles Wesley, who was John Wesley's brother, was also creditied with this movement. This movement started when John Wesley took to open-air preaching and got everyone including the public involved. -
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Jeremy Bentham
Jeremy Bentham was a British philosopher and social reformer. He is credited as the founder of modern utilitarianism. Bentham published "A Fragment on Government" in 1776 and later on published "Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation" in 1789. -
James Watt
James Watt was a Scotish inventor and mechanical engineer. He improved Newcomen's steam engine which was fundenmental to the changes brought by the Industrial Revolution. In 1764, Watt was given Newcomens steam engine to reapir and modify. -
Richard Arkwright
Richard Arkwright was an Englishman who is credited with the invention of the spinning frame. The spinning frame was then later named the water frame based on the transition of water power. -
Adam Smith
Adam Smith wrote "The Wealth of Nations" in 1776 which stated all of what SMith believed in. One of the ideas that Adam SMith believed in was that a free market would come to help everyone; the rich and the poor. Also, another one of Smith's beliefs was that a growing economy would encourage capitalists to reinvent profits in new ventures. -
David Ricardo
David Ricardo was a British political econimist and is usually creditied with systemizing economics and being very influencial out of all of the economists. Ricardo wrote "Iron Law of Wages". In this, he stated he believed that if wages go up, families tend to have more members. He also believed there is no escaping poverty. Lastly, he thought individuals should improve their lot through thrift, hard work, and limiting size of family. -
Robert Owen
Robert Owen was a Welsh social reformer. He was one of the people who founded the utopian socialism and the cooperative movement. He published "The Formation of Character" in 1813 and "A New View of Society" in 1814. -
George Stephenson
George Stephanson was a Englsih civil engineer and also a machanical engineer who built the first public inner-city railway line in the whole world that used steam locomotives. Was considered "The Father of the Railways". -
Karl Marx
Karl Marx was a German philosopher, economist, socialist, historian, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. The work that Marx contributed helped the basis for the current understanding of labor and its relation to capital.
