Cartwright, Dr. Edmund

Cartwright, Dr. Edmund (1743-1823), inventor, b. Marnham, Nottinghamshire, England.

Dr. Cartwright was the parson of a parish in Leicestershire during the Industrial Revolution.

He became interested in the new machines and invented a loom for weaving cotton cloth. It was driven by a steam engine.

In 1789 Dr. Cartwright opened a cloth factory at Doncaster.

One of his early looms can be seen today in the Science Museum, London.