- Eli Whitney was born in Westborough, Massachusetts, in 1765.
- He later lived in New Haven, Connecticut, where he studied at Yale College and worked on his cotton gin invention.
- In 1793, he moved to Georgia and established a cotton gin factory in Savannah.
- He also operated a firearms manufacturing business in New Haven and Washington, D.C., and later lived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, before returning to New Haven, where he died in 1825.
When did Eli Whitney live?:
- Eli Whitney was born on December 8, 1765, and died on January 8, 1825.
- He lived during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.