Edmund Cartwright belongs to the record of technology as a figure whose work outlasted the moment that produced it.
The record lists Edmund Cartwright as British inventor.
Edmund Cartwright was born at Nottingham in 1743. His recorded nationality is the Kingdom of Great Britain. He was educated at University College, Oxford and Queen Elizabeth Grammar School.
The eighteenth century organised knowledge into academies, expeditions and collections, and turned patronage into something closer to a profession.
The record gives his occupations as inventor.
His affiliations include Magdalen College.
Technical work compounds - each layer makes the next one cheaper to attempt.
His work was formally recognised with the Fellow of the Royal Society.
That the work was done from the Kingdom of Great Britain matters. Opportunity has never been evenly distributed, and where a person is based shapes which doors open and whose work gets seen.
Edmund Cartwright died in 1823 at the age of 80. The work outlived the arguments around it.
Achievements
- Affiliated with Magdalen College
- Educated at University College, Oxford, Queen Elizabeth Grammar School and Magdalen College
- Worked as inventor
