Biography:Thomas Warren
Thomas Warren (fl. 1727–1767) was an English bookseller, printer, publisher and businessman.
Warren was an influential figure in Birmingham at a time when it was a hotbed of creative activity, opening a bookshop in High Street, Birmingham around 1727.[1] From here he founded and published the Birmingham Journal – the town's first known newspaper;[2] he edited and published Samuel Johnson's first book – a translation of Jerónimo Lobo’s Voyage to Abyssinia[3]—and with Joshua Kirton sold Francis Godwin's The Man in the Moone.[4] Warren was also known for publishing collections of contemporary musical catches, canons, glees and rounds, more than 650 works by over 100 composers.[5]
He also financed the cotton mill established by John Wyatt and Lewis Paul in 1741.[6] This was the world's first mechanised cotton-spinning factory, and was to pave the way for Richard Arkwright's later transformation of the cotton industry during the Industrial Revolution.[7]
The Paul-Wyatt cotton mill was not a financial success, however, and Warren declared bankruptcy in 1743.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Fleeman, J.D. (2 March 2000). A Bibliography of the Works of Samuel Johnson: 1731–59 Vol 1. Oxford: Clarendon Press. pp. 3. ISBN 0-19-812269-1. http://fds.oup.com/www.oup.co.uk/pdf/0-19-812270-5.pdf.
- ↑ "Johnson in Birmingham". Revolutionary Players of Industry and Innovation. Museums, Libraries and Archives – West Midlands. http://www.search.revolutionaryplayers.org.uk/engine/resource/exhibition/standard/child.asp?txtKeywords=&lstContext=&lstResourceType=&lstExhibitionType=&chkPurchaseVisible=&txtDateFrom=&txtDateTo=&x1=&y1=&x2=&y2=&scale=&theme=&album=&viewpage=%2Fengine%2Fresource%2Fexhibition%2Fstandard%2Fchild%2Easp&originator=&page=&records=&direction=&pointer=&text=&resource=4215&exhibition=1310&offset=8.
- ↑ "Johnson Collection". Birmingham City Council. 19 December 2007. http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/GenerateContent?CONTENT_ITEM_ID=60637&CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE=0&MENU_ID=10272.
- ↑ Lawton, H. W. (1931), "Bishop Godwin's Man in the Moone", The Review of English Studies 7 (25): 23–55, doi:10.1093/res/os-vii.25.23
- ↑ Thomas Warren. A Collection of Catches, Canons and Glees (1762-1793)
- ↑ James Thomson (2004). "Invention in the Industrial Revolution: the case of cotton". in Leandro Prados de la Escosura. Exceptionalism and Industrialisation: Britain and Its European Rivals, 1688–1815. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 135. ISBN 0-521-79304-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=e_eXhDW5paYC. Retrieved 29 December 2007.
- ↑ Wadsworth, Alfred P.; De Lacy Mann, Julia (1931). "The First Cotton Spinning Factories". The Cotton Trade and Industrial Lancashire, 1600–1780. Manchester: Manchester University Press. pp. 431–447.
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