John Heathcoat
British politician
Born on: August 7, 1783Died on: January 18, 1861
Aged: 77 years 164 days (929 months)
Nationality: English
Birth Sign: Leo
John Heathcoat was an English inventor and politician. During his apprenticeship he made an improvement to the warp-weighted loom, so as to produce mitts of a lace-like appearance.
He set up his own business in Hathern but then set up a new factory in Loughborough. After this new factory was attacked by former Luddites in 1816, who were based in Nottingham, he moved the business to Tiverton in Devon where it became most successful and established the Tiverton lace-making industry.
Related People
British politician
British politician
British politician
This content was extracted from Wikipedia and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License