INVENTOR
Edmund Cartwright
1743 - 1823
Edmund Cartwright
Edmund Cartwright (24 April 1743 – 30 October 1823) was an English inventor. He graduated from Oxford University and went on to invent the power loom. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edmund Cartwright has received more than 305,376 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Edmund Cartwright is the 105th most popular inventor (down from 99th in 2019), the 815th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 764th in 2019) and the 18th most popular British Inventor.
Cartwright is most famous for inventing the power loom.
Memorability Metrics
310k
Page Views (PV)
61.11
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
28
Languages Editions (L)
8.80
Effective Languages (L*)
2.28
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among INVENTORS
Among inventors, Edmund Cartwright ranks 105 out of 426. Before him are Leo Fender, Momofuku Ando, Robert Noyce, Louis Le Prince, Jacque Fresco, and John Harrison. After him are Joseph Pilates, Johann Philipp Reis, Clément Ader, Abraham-Louis Breguet, Gaston Glock, and Lee de Forest.
Most Popular Inventors in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsLeo Fender
1909 - 1991
HPI: 61.56
Rank: 99
Momofuku Ando
1910 - 2007
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 100
Robert Noyce
1927 - 1990
HPI: 61.30
Rank: 101
Louis Le Prince
1841 - 1890
HPI: 61.22
Rank: 102
Jacque Fresco
1916 - 2017
HPI: 61.17
Rank: 103
John Harrison
1693 - 1776
HPI: 61.11
Rank: 104
Edmund Cartwright
1743 - 1823
HPI: 61.11
Rank: 105
Joseph Pilates
1883 - 1967
HPI: 61.09
Rank: 106
Johann Philipp Reis
1834 - 1874
HPI: 61.05
Rank: 107
Clément Ader
1841 - 1925
HPI: 61.01
Rank: 108
Abraham-Louis Breguet
1747 - 1823
HPI: 61.01
Rank: 109
Gaston Glock
1929 - 2023
HPI: 60.90
Rank: 110
Lee de Forest
1873 - 1961
HPI: 60.81
Rank: 111
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1743, Edmund Cartwright ranks 14. Before him are Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria, Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, Martin Heinrich Klaproth, Toussaint Louverture, Nicolai Abildgaard, and Carl Peter Thunberg. After him are René Just Haüy, William I, Elector of Hesse, Louis Claude de Saint-Martin, Gavrila Derzhavin, Joseph Banks, and Giuseppe Gazzaniga. Among people deceased in 1823, Edmund Cartwright ranks 11. Before him are Lazare Carnot, Jacques Charles, Giovanni Battista Belzoni, Charles François Dumouriez, Ann Radcliffe, and André-Jacques Garnerin. After him are Abraham-Louis Breguet, Rafael del Riego, Karl Leonhard Reinhold, Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, Markos Botsaris, and Princess Amélie Louise of Arenberg.
Others Born in 1743
Go to all RankingsArchduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria
POLITICIAN
1743 - 1808
HPI: 66.00
Rank: 8
Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi
PHILOSOPHER
1743 - 1819
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 9
Martin Heinrich Klaproth
CHEMIST
1743 - 1817
HPI: 65.28
Rank: 10
Toussaint Louverture
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1743 - 1803
HPI: 64.05
Rank: 11
Nicolai Abildgaard
PAINTER
1743 - 1809
HPI: 61.77
Rank: 12
Carl Peter Thunberg
BIOLOGIST
1743 - 1828
HPI: 61.12
Rank: 13
Edmund Cartwright
INVENTOR
1743 - 1823
HPI: 61.11
Rank: 14
René Just Haüy
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1743 - 1822
HPI: 59.69
Rank: 15
William I, Elector of Hesse
POLITICIAN
1743 - 1821
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 16
Louis Claude de Saint-Martin
OCCULTIST
1743 - 1803
HPI: 59.36
Rank: 17
Gavrila Derzhavin
WRITER
1743 - 1816
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 18
Joseph Banks
BIOLOGIST
1743 - 1820
HPI: 57.95
Rank: 19
Giuseppe Gazzaniga
COMPOSER
1743 - 1818
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 20
Others Deceased in 1823
Go to all RankingsLazare Carnot
POLITICIAN
1753 - 1823
HPI: 66.70
Rank: 5
Jacques Charles
PHYSICIST
1763 - 1823
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 6
Giovanni Battista Belzoni
EXPLORER
1778 - 1823
HPI: 65.03
Rank: 7
Charles François Dumouriez
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1739 - 1823
HPI: 63.96
Rank: 8
Ann Radcliffe
WRITER
1764 - 1823
HPI: 62.37
Rank: 9
André-Jacques Garnerin
INVENTOR
1769 - 1823
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 10
Edmund Cartwright
INVENTOR
1743 - 1823
HPI: 61.11
Rank: 11
Abraham-Louis Breguet
INVENTOR
1747 - 1823
HPI: 61.01
Rank: 12
Rafael del Riego
POLITICIAN
1784 - 1823
HPI: 60.42
Rank: 13
Karl Leonhard Reinhold
PHILOSOPHER
1757 - 1823
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 14
Pierre-Paul Prud'hon
PAINTER
1758 - 1823
HPI: 57.95
Rank: 15
Markos Botsaris
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1790 - 1823
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 16
Princess Amélie Louise of Arenberg
NOBLEMAN
1789 - 1823
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 17
In United Kingdom
Among people born in United Kingdom, Edmund Cartwright ranks 815 out of 8,785. Before him are David Cameron (1966), Osborne Reynolds (1842), John Ray (1627), Tim Roth (1961), Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (1158), and John Harrison (1693). After him are Thomas Cole (1801), Eric Burdon (1941), John Berger (1926), Kim Cattrall (1956), Dylan Thomas (1914), and Edward Kelley (1555).
Others born in United Kingdom
Go to all RankingsDavid Cameron
POLITICIAN
1966 - Present
HPI: 61.17
Rank: 809
Osborne Reynolds
PHYSICIST
1842 - 1912
HPI: 61.17
Rank: 810
John Ray
BIOLOGIST
1627 - 1705
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 811
Tim Roth
ACTOR
1961 - Present
HPI: 61.14
Rank: 812
Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany
POLITICIAN
1158 - 1186
HPI: 61.12
Rank: 813
John Harrison
INVENTOR
1693 - 1776
HPI: 61.11
Rank: 814
Edmund Cartwright
INVENTOR
1743 - 1823
HPI: 61.11
Rank: 815
Thomas Cole
PAINTER
1801 - 1848
HPI: 61.09
Rank: 816
Eric Burdon
SINGER
1941 - Present
HPI: 61.09
Rank: 817
John Berger
WRITER
1926 - 2017
HPI: 61.09
Rank: 818
Kim Cattrall
ACTOR
1956 - Present
HPI: 61.08
Rank: 819
Dylan Thomas
WRITER
1914 - 1953
HPI: 61.06
Rank: 820
Edward Kelley
OCCULTIST
1555 - 1597
HPI: 61.06
Rank: 821
Among INVENTORS In United Kingdom
Among inventors born in United Kingdom, Edmund Cartwright ranks 18. Before him are Thomas Savery (1650), Henry Bessemer (1813), James Hargreaves (1720), Richard Arkwright (1732), William Webb Ellis (1806), and John Harrison (1693). After him are Samuel Crompton (1753), W. O. Bentley (1888), John Kay (1704), Charles Algernon Parsons (1854), Robert Stirling (1790), and William Murdoch (1754).
Thomas Savery
1650 - 1715
HPI: 63.17
Rank: 12
Henry Bessemer
1813 - 1898
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 13
James Hargreaves
1720 - 1778
HPI: 63.02
Rank: 14
Richard Arkwright
1732 - 1792
HPI: 62.93
Rank: 15
William Webb Ellis
1806 - 1872
HPI: 62.37
Rank: 16
John Harrison
1693 - 1776
HPI: 61.11
Rank: 17
Edmund Cartwright
1743 - 1823
HPI: 61.11
Rank: 18
Samuel Crompton
1753 - 1827
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 19
W. O. Bentley
1888 - 1971
HPI: 59.01
Rank: 20
John Kay
1704 - 1779
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 21
Charles Algernon Parsons
1854 - 1931
HPI: 58.03
Rank: 22
Robert Stirling
1790 - 1878
HPI: 57.98
Rank: 23
William Murdoch
1754 - 1839
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 24