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 he financed the cotton mill established by John Wyatt and Lewis Paul in 1741.[4] 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.[5]
The Paul-Wyatt cotton mill was not a financial success, however, and Warren declared bankruptcy in 1743.[1]
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- ^ a b Fleeman, J.D. (2000-03-02). A Bibliography of the Works of Samuel Johnson: 1731-59 Vol 1. Oxford: Clarendon Press. pp. 3. ISBN 0198122691. 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. Retrieved 2008-01-05.
- ^ "Johnson Collection". Birmingham City Council. 2007-12-19. Archived from the original on 2007-11-04. http://web.archive.org/web/20071104024019/http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/GenerateContent?CONTENT_ITEM_ID=60637&CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE=0&MENU_ID=10272. Retrieved 2008-01-05.
- ^ 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 0521793041. http://books.google.com/books?id=e_eXhDW5paYC&printsec=frontcover#PPA135,M1. Retrieved 2007-12-29.
- ^ 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.
