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'Frank Vickerman' was a man in the early 1800s who lived in West Yorkshire. He owned a wool processing factory at Taylor Hill, which was attacked by the Luddites on March 15, 1812. The factory was destroyed and arson was attempted. Frank Vickerman was targeted by this anti-technological growth organization partly because the machines in his factory were taking the jobs of actual people, but also, Frank Vickerman had been previously involved in an Anti-Luddite committee.