EDMUND CARTWRIGHT

HIS LIFE

FAST FACTS

• Born: Nottinghamshire, England
• Education: Oxford University
• Died: October 30, 1823

CARTWRIGHT'S INSPIRATION

• 1784- Visited Richard Arkwright's spinning mill
• Inspired to construct a similar loom for weaving

HIS FIRST LOOM

• Clumsy and ineffective
• Barely functioned

NEW LOOM BRINGS SUCCESS

• 1786- began opening factories for his looms
• 1790- created a mechanical loom able to weave wide cloth

BANKRUPTCY

• 1791- Factory burnt down
• 1793- Forced to sell factory and patents.

LATER LIFE

• 1796- moved to London
• Worked on other invention ideas
• Died on October 30, 1823