biography
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Lister, Samuel Cunliffe, 1st Baron Masham
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| lived:
| (1815–1906)
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| biography:
| Inventor, born in Bradford, West Yorkshire, N England, UK. Working in his father's worsted mill at Manningham, he invented a wool-comber in 1845, and made a fortune, at the same time bringing prosperity to Bradford and the wool trade of Australia and New Zealand. Later he spent a quarter of a million pounds developing a machine to spin waste silk, and was nearly bankrupt by the time its success made him a second fortune. A generous benefactor, he presented Bradford with Lister Park, and was created Baron Masham in 1891. |
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