The inventor Samuel Crompton combined this man's best known device with the previously invented Spinning Jenny to create the mule.  
Thomas Highs complained that this man stole all his best ideas.  Although this man began his own career as a humble barber and wig dyer in Lancashire, his son and namesake became the richest commoner in England.  This fellow collaborated with the second most famous inventor to be named John Kay.  His best known device improved on machines made by Paul and Wyatt by uniformly separating the rollers at the top of the device to avoid breaking or getting caught in the machine.  In 1785, his patent on a series of 10 machines dubbed the (*) carding engine was invalidated.  This man built a pioneering factory at Cromford in Derbyshire.  The inventor Samuel Crompton combined this man's best known device with the previously invented Spinning Jenny to create the mule.  For 10 points, name this inventor of the spinning water frame and the British textile factory system.
Thomas Highs complained that this man stole all his best ideas.  
Richard Arkwright