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William Crompton (politician) William Morgan Crompton (1811 – 27 December 1886) was a New Zealand politician. Early life and career Crompton was born in Birmingham, England, in 1811, and received his education at an academy in Bristol run by Lant Carpenter. Crompton's fath ...

(1811–1886), New Zealand politician *

William Crompton (inventor) William Crompton (10 September 1806 in Preston, England – 1 May 1891 in Windsor, Connecticut) was a United States inventor in the field of loom technology. Crompton was brought up as a hand loom cotton weaver and, at an early age, learned the ...

(1806–1891), loom technology inventor

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