Editing Jedediah Strutt (section)

{{short description|English industrialist (1726-1797)}}
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| name               = Jedediah Strutt
| image              = Jedediah Strutt by Joseph Wright of Derby.jpg
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| caption            = Portrait, oil on canvas, of Jedediah Strutt (1726–1797) by [[Joseph Wright of Derby]] (1734–1797)
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| birth_date         = 1726
| birth_place        = [[South Normanton]], [[Alfreton]], Derbyshire, England
| death_date         = 7 May {{death year and age|1797|1726}}
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| nationality        = English
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| known_for          = One of the first industrialists who fronted the textile industry.
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| occupation         = Hosier, cotton spinner, and industrialist
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* {{marriage|Elizabeth Woollatt|1755|1774|end=died}}
* {{marriage|Anne Daniels|1781}}
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| children           = [[William Strutt (inventor)|William]], George, [[Joseph Strutt (philanthropist)|Joseph]], Elizabeth and Martha
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'''Jedediah Strutt''' (1726 – 7 May 1797) or Jedidiah Strutt – as he spelled it<ref>{{cite AV media |url=http://www.spinningdownthederwent.co.uk |author=Middleton, J. |display-authors=etal |date=2008 |title=Spinning Down The Derwent |type=book and DVD |location=Milford, Derbyshire |publisher=Maypole Promotions |access-date=2 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181223052147/http://www.spinningdownthederwent.co.uk/ |archive-date=23 December 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> – was a [[Hosiery|hosier]] and cotton spinner from [[Belper]], England.

Strutt and his brother-in-law William Woollat developed an attachment to the [[stocking frame]] that allowed the production of ribbed stockings. Their machine became known as the Derby Rib machine, and the stockings it produced quickly became popular.