Eli Whitney

Eli Whitney Jr. was an American inventor, widely known for inventing the cotton gin in 1793, one of the key inventions of the Industrial Revolution that shaped the economy of the Antebellum South.

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Who was born first?

• Eli Whitney and Nicéphore Niépce were born the same year
• Eli Whitney and Robert Fulton were born the same year
• Eli Whitney and Charles Hatchett were born the same year
• Eli Whitney was born 1 year before Charles Macintosh
• Eli Whitney was born 2 years after Claude Chappe

Timeline

1. Claude ChappeDecember 25, 1763 – January 23, 1805
2. Charles HatchettJanuary 2, 1765 – February 10, 1847
3. Eli Whitney (this page)December 8, 1765 – January 8, 1825
4. Nicéphore NiépceMarch 7, 1765 – July 5, 1833
5. Robert FultonNovember 14, 1765 – February 24, 1815
6. Charles MacintoshDecember 29, 1766 – July 25, 1843

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