Edmund Cartwright
Also known as Reverend Edmund Cartwright
British inventor
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- Memoirs of His Life, Writings, and Mechanical Inventions
- Letters and Sonnets on Moral and Other Interesting Subjects Addressed to Lord John Russel
- The Prince of Peace; and Other Poems
- Armine and Elvira, a Legendary Tale. In two Parts. By Mr. Cartwright. The Fifth Edition
- Armine and Elvira
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Edmund Cartwright FSA (24 April 1743 – 30 October 1823) was an English inventor. He graduated from Oxford University and went on to invent the power loom. Married to local Elizabeth McMac at 19, he was the brother of Major John Cartwright, a political reformer and radical, and George Cartwright, explorer of Labrador.
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1743 births1823 deathsAlumni of Magdalen College, OxfordAlumni of University College, OxfordBritish fellows of the Royal SocietyBritish industrialistsEnglish AnglicansEnglish businesspeopleEnglish inventorsEnglish male poetsFellows of Magdalen College, OxfordPeople educated at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield