Era: Industrial Revolution

Samuel Slater (1768‑1835) was an English‑born American industrialist who introduced the first successful water‑powered cotton‑spinning factory to the United States, earning him the nickname “Father of the American Industrial Revolution.”

Samuel Slater (1768–1835) was an English‑born industrialist who introduced British textile technology to the United States, earning the nickname “Father of the American Industrial Revolution.” He founded the first successful water‑powered cotton‑spinning mill in America and helped shape early U.S. manufacturing.