Edmund Cartwright
Edmund Cartwright | |
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 Edmund Cartwright | |
| Born | 24 April 1743 |
| Died | 30 October 1823 |
| Resting place | Battle, Sussex |
| Nationality | English |
| Occupation(s) | Clergyman, Inventor |
| Known for | Power loom |
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Edmund Cartwright (24 April 1743 – 30 October 1823) was an English inventor. He graduated from Oxford University. He was an Anglican clergyman and in 1785 he invented the power loom.[1]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Frank Kidner; et al. Making Europe: The Story of the West, Since 1300 (Boston: Wadsworth Cengage Learning, 2014), p. 553
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