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John Ryle | |
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Born | Bollington, Cheshire, England | October 22, 1817
Died | November 6, 1887 Macclesfield, Cheshire, England | (aged 70)
Known for | Silk manufacturing |
John Ryle (October 22, 1817 – November 6, 1887) was the Mayor of Paterson, New Jersey from 1869 to 1870. An English-born silk manufacturer, he was best known for being the "father of the United States silk industry".[citation needed]
Born in Bollington, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, Ryle started working in the silk mills of his native town at the age of five, where he was a "bobbin boy". His family had been involved in the silk industry for generations, and his two eldest brothers, Reuben and William Ryle, were England's largest manufacturers of silk.