Edward Cave, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Edward Cave

British publisher

Date of Birth: 27-Feb-1691

Place of Birth: Newton, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 10-Jan-1754

Profession: inventor, typographer, editor, journalist, publisher

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Edward Cave

  • Edward Cave (27 February 1691 – 10 January 1754) was an English printer, editor and publisher.
  • He coined the term "magazine" for a periodical, founding The Gentleman's Magazine in 1731, and was the first publisher to successfully fashion a wide-ranging publication.The son of a cobbler, Cave was born in Newton near Rugby, Warwickshire and attended Rugby School, but was expelled after being accused of stealing from the headmaster Henry Holyoake.
  • He worked at a variety of jobs, including timber merchant, reporter and printer.
  • He conceived the idea of a periodical that would cover every topic the educated public was interested in, from commerce to poetry, and tried to convince several London printers and booksellers to take up the idea.
  • When no one showed any interest, Cave took on the task himself.
  • The Gentleman's Magazine was launched in 1731 and soon became the most influential and most imitated periodical of its time.
  • It also made Cave wealthy. Cave was an astute businessman.
  • He devoted all his energy to the magazine, and rarely left its offices at St John's Gate, Clerkenwell.
  • He made use of many contributors, most famously Samuel Johnson, who was always grateful to Cave for having provided his principal employment for many years.
  • Cave himself often contributed pieces to the Magazine under the pen name of Sylvanus Urban. He also obtained a licence from Lewis Paul for 250 spindles for his patent roller-spinning machine, a precursor of the water frame.
  • In 1742 he bought Marvel's Mill at Northampton and converted this to a cotton mill, probably the first water-powered spinning mill in the world.
  • This was apparently profitable, but only modestly so.
  • It closed in (or possibly soon after) 1761. Cave suffered from gout.
  • He is buried at St.
  • James Church, Clerkenwell.

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