Question: Gilbert James French (1804–1866), was a textile manufacturer and the biographer of Samuel Crompton, Crompton was an English invento,r and pioneer of which industry?
Related documents: [0]  [DOC] Gilbert James French (1804–1866), was a textile manufacturer and the biographer of Samuel Crompton. [END] 
[1]  [DOC] Samuel Crompton (3 December 1753 – 26 June 1827) was an English inventor and pioneer of the spinning industry. Building on the work of James Hargreaves and Richard Arkwright he invented the spinning mule, a machine that revolutionised the industry worldwide. [END] 
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spinning
spinning