See also:

• BART, JEAN (1651-1702)

BART See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• ISAAC (Hebrew for " he laughs," on explanatory references to the name, see ABRAHAM)

ISAAC See also:

• HOLDEN, HUBERT ASHTON (1822-1896)
• BART SIR ISAAC HOLDEN

HOLDEN  . (1807-1897), See also:

• ENGLISH

English. inventor and manufacturer, was the son of See also:

• ISAAC (Hebrew for " he laughs," on explanatory references to the name, see ABRAHAM)

Isaac See also:

• HOLDEN, HUBERT ASHTON (1822-1896)
• HOLDEN, SIR ISAAC, BART

Holden, a native of See also:

• CUMBERLAND
• CUMBERLAND, DUKES AND EARLS OF
• CUMBERLAND, RICHARD (1632-1718)
• CUMBERLAND, RICHARD (1732-1811)
• CUMBERLAND, WILLIAM AUGUSTUS

Cumberland, and was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Hurlet, a See also:

• VILLAGE

village between See also:

• PAISLEY
• PAISLEY, CLAUD HAMILTON, LORD (c. 1543-1622)

Paisley and See also:

• GLASGOW

Glasgow, on the 7th of May 1807 . His See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• LIFE

life was passed in very straitened circumstances, but his See also:

• FATHER

father spared no pains to give him as much elementary See also:

• EDUCATION

education as possible . At the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of ten he began to See also:

• WORK

work as See also:

• WEAVER, JAMES BAIRD (1833- )

weaver's draw-boy, and after-wards was employed in a See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton See also:

• MILL
• MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
• MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
• MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
• MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)

mill . Meanwhile his education was continued at the See also:

• NIGHT

night See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools, and from See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time to time, as funds allowed, he was taken from work and sent to the See also:

• GRAMMAR (from Lat. grammatica, sc. ars; Gr. ypaµ)

grammar-school, to which he at last went regularly for a See also:

• YEAR

year or two until he was fifteen, when his father removed to Paisley and apprenticed him to an See also:

• UNCLE

uncle, a See also:

• SHAWL

shawl-weaver there . This proving too much for his strength, in 1823 he became assistant teacher in a school at Paisley, and in 1828 he was appointed mathematical teacher in the See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

Queen's Square See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy, See also:

• LEEDS
• LEEDS, THOMAS OSBORNE

Leeds . At the end of six months he was transferred to See also:

• LINGARD, JOHN (1771-1851)

Lingard's grammar school, near See also:

• HUDDERSFIELD

Huddersfield, and shortly afterwards became classical See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master at See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

Castle See also:

• STREET
• STREET, GEORGE EDMUND (1824-1881)

Street Academy, See also:

• READING

Reading . It was here that in 1829 he invented a See also:

• LUCIFER (d. 370/1)
• LUCIFER (the Latinized form of Gr. 4scwo'4 bpos, " light-bearer ")

lucifer match by adopting See also:

• SULPHUR

sulphur as the See also:

• MEDIUM

medium between the explosive material and the See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood, but he refused to patent the invention . In 183o his See also:

• HEALTH

health again failed, and he returned to See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland, where a Glasgow friend set up a school for him . After six months, however, he was recommended for the See also:

• POST

post of bookkeeper to Messrs . Townend See also:

• BROTHERS, RICHARD (1757-1824)

Brothers, worsted manufacturers, of Cullingworth, where his See also:

• INTEREST

interest in machinery soon led to his See also:

• TRANSFER (from Lat. transferre, to bear across, carry over)

transfer from the counting-See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house to the mill . There his experiments led him to the invention of his square See also:

• MOTION (Lat. motio, from movere, to move)
• MOTION, LAWS OF

motion See also:

• WOOL, WORSTED AND WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES

wool-comber and of a See also:

• PROCESS

process for making genappe yarns, a patent for which was taken out by him in See also:

• CONJUNCTION (from Lat. conjungere, to join together)

conjunction with S .

C . See also:

• LISTER, JOSEPH LISTER
• LISTER, MARTIN (c. 1638-1712)

Lister (See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• MASHAM, ABIGAIL, LADY (d. 1734)
• MASHAM, SAMUEL CUNLIFFE LISTER, 1ST BARON (1815–Igo6)

Masham) in 1847 . The See also:

• FIRM

firm of Lister & Holden, which established a factory near See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris in 1848, carried on a successful business, and in 1859, when Lister retired, was succeeded by Isaac Holden and Sons, which became the largest wool-combing business in the See also:

• WORLD

world, employing upwards of 4000 workpeople . In 1865 Holden's medical advisers insisted on See also:

• COMPLETE

complete See also:

• CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)

change of occupation, and he entered See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament as Liberal member for See also:

• KNARESBOROUGH

Knaresborough . From 1868 to 1882 he was without a seat, but in the latter year he was elected for the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West See also:

• RIDING

Riding, and in 1885 for See also:

• KEIGHLEY (locally KEITHLEY)

Keighley . He was created a See also:

• BARONET

baronet in 1893, and died suddenly at Oakworth House, near Keighley, on the 13th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1897 . His son and See also:

• HEIR (Lat. heres, from a root meaning to grasp, seen in heres or erus, master of a house, Gr. xeip, hand, Sans. hat ana, hand)

heir, See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• ANGUS, EARLS OF

Angus Holden, was in 1908 created a peer with the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

Baron Holden of See also:

• ALSTON
• ALSTON, CHARLES (1683-176o)

Alston .