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Sir Isaac Holden ( 1807- 1897) was an inventor and manufacturer, who is known both for his work with wool-combing and with matches.He was born in the village of Hurlet near Glasgow, and from the age of ten worked in a cotton mill. He became largely self-educated, although he did briefly attend a grammar school. After an unsuccessful apprenticeship, he became a teacher at local schools, and in 1829 obtained a post at the Castle Academy in Reading, Berkshire. It was here that he developed the Lucifer match, but did not patent the invention. (It was apparently taken up by the father of one of his pupils). The following year he returned to Scotland, and after a brief period of teaching became a bookkeeper at a worsted factory. Transferring to the technical side, he developed a square motion wool-comber and a device for making genappe yarns, which he did patent along with S. C, Lister (later Lord Masham).
In 1848, trading as Lister & Holden, they set up a factory near Paris which became the largest wool-combing establishment in the world. Lister retired from the business, and the company became Isaac Holden and sons.
From 1865 to 1868, he served as M.P. For Knaresborough, as a Liberal, and from 1882Events February 2 The Knights of Columbus are formed in New Haven, Connecticut February 7 In Mississippi City the last heavyweight boxing championship bareknuckle fight takes place. March 2 Robert Maclean fails to assassinate Queen Victoria at Windsor Mar to 18851885 is a common year starting on Thursday (click on link for calendar) Events January January 4 The first successful appendectomy is performed (Dr. William Grant; patient was Mary Gartside). January 20 L. Thompson patents the roller coaster. January 26 T for North Yorkshire, from then until 1895Events January events January 5 Dreyfus Affair: French officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his rank and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island. February events February 14 First showing of Oscar Wilde's last play The Importance of Being Earnes for KeighleyKeighley (pronounced Keith-ley is a town in the county of West Yorkshire, England, north of Bradford, on the meeting point of the River Aire and the River Worth. It is within the metropolitan borough of Bradford and part of the Bronte Country. The towns i, near where he owned Oakworth HallOakworth Hall is located in Oakworth, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom. 2 miles from the Bronte Parsonage Manor, home of the Bronte Sisters. The manor was rebuilt in the 17th Century, but has a history dating back to 1066. The bright, south facing bedrooms.
He was made a baronetA baronet (traditional abbreviation Bart modern abbreviation Bt is the holder of a species of knighthood known as a baronetcy''. The title was introduced by James I of England in 1611 to raise funds. It is an hereditary honour, but it does not amount to a in 1893Events January 1 Japan accepts the Gregorian calendar January 2 Introduction by Webb C. Ball of the General Railroad Timepiece Standards in North America: Railroad chronometers January 13 The Independent Labour Party of the UK has its first meeting. Janua.
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