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Edmund Cartwright

Edmund Cartwright
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Edmund Cartwright 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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  1. Charles Willson PealeApril 15, 1741 – February 22, 1827
  2. Pierre Choderlos de LaclosOctober 18, 1741 – September 5, 1803
  3. Edmund Cartwright (this page)April 24, 1743 – October 30, 1823
  4. John FitchJanuary 21, 1743 – July 2, 1798
  5. Martin Heinrich KlaprothDecember 1, 1743 – January 1, 1817
  6. George AtwoodOctober 1745 – July 11, 1807

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