Richard Lovell Edgeworth
| Richard Lovell Edgeworth | |
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 Richard Edgeworth, 1812
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| Born | 31 May 1744 Bath, England |
| Died | 13 June 1817 (aged 73) Edgeworthstown, County Longford, Ireland |
| Nationality | English |
| Alma mater | Oxford, Trinity College, Dublin |
Richard Lovell Edgeworth (31 May 1744 – 13 June 1817) was an Anglo-Irish politician, writer and inventor.
[edit] Biography
Edgeworth was born in Pierrepont Street, Bath, England, grandson of Sir Salathiel Lovell through his daughter, Jane Lovell.
He was the father of Maria Edgeworth, Michael Pakenham Edgeworth, and 20 other children (by his four wives), and grandfather to Francis Ysidro Edgeworth.
A Trinity College, Dublin and Oxford alumnus, he is credited for creating, among other inventions, a machine to measure the size of a plot of land. He also made strides in the developing educational methods. He anticipated the caterpillar track with an invention that he played around with for forty years but that he never successfully developed.[1]
He lived in Ireland at his estate at Edgeworthstown, County Longford where he reclaimed bogs and improved roads. He sat in Grattan's Parliament for St Johnstown (County Longford) from 1798 until the Act of Union in 1801 and advocated Catholic Emancipation and parliamentary reform. He was a founder-member of the Royal Irish Academy. He died in Edgworthstown on 13 June 1817.
[edit] External links
- Works by Richard Lovell Edgeworth at Project Gutenberg
- Edgeworth, Richard Lovell; Maria Edgeworth (1820). The Memoirs of Richard Lovell Edgeworth. 1. London: Hunter, Cradock & Joy. http://books.google.com/books?id=NKMDAAAAYAAJ.
- Edgeworth, Richard Lovell; Maria Edgeworth (1821). The Memoirs of Richard Lovell Edgeworth. 2. London: Hunter, Cradock & Joy. http://books.google.com/books?id=tacDAAAAYAAJ.
| Parliament of Ireland | ||
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| Preceded by Sir William Gleadowe-Newcomen, 1st Bt Francis Hardy |
Member of Parliament for St Johnstown (County Longford) 1798 – 1801 Served alongside: William Moore |
Succeeded by Parliament of the United Kingdom |
