Questions › Chapter 3: A long and illustrious history
What did Richard Arkwright first train and work as?
- AA barberRight answer
- BAn engineer
- CA banker
- DA sailor
Answer: A barber
Arkwright worked as a barber who could dye hair and make wigs, but when wigs went out of fashion he moved into textiles.
From chapter 3 of the handbook, "A long and illustrious history", section "A global power". Practice question 166 of 651, written in our own words.