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Samuel Slater, born in 1768 into a farming family in Derbyshire, England, was apprenticed at age 14 to the owner of a cotton mill that was using the novel Arkwright water frame.

From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026

Celebrities in the space, such as Frank Oz, apprenticed at Fairyland, and Metz continues to run multiple shows per day, both revivals and original creations.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2026

He studied at what is now known as the Institute of Culinary Education in New York, interned at Alps Salami in Queens and apprenticed with butchers in Tuscany.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025

She never learned to write, but she was apprenticed in 1815 as a “servant” for “housewifery” to William Reeves until she turned 18.

From Slate • Nov. 20, 2024

‘I did it last July. I am ... I was apprenticed to a silversmith. I burned it on hot silver.’

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes