Thomas Warren

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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. 1 2 Fleeman, J.D. (2 March 2000). A Bibliography of the Works of Samuel Johnson: 1731–59 Vol 1 (PDF). Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 3. ISBN   0-19-812269-1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 May 2011.
  2. ↑ "Johnson in Birmingham". Revolutionary Players of Industry and Innovation. Museums, Libraries and Archives – West Midlands. Archived from the original on 22 March 2007. Retrieved 5 January 2008.
  3. ↑ "Johnson Collection". Birmingham City Council. 19 December 2007. Archived from the original on 4 November 2007. Retrieved 5 January 2008.
  4. ↑ 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, JSTOR   508383
  5. ↑ Thomas Warren. A Collection of Catches, Canons and Glees (1762-1793)
  6. ↑ James Thomson (2004). "Invention in the Industrial Revolution: the case of cotton". In Leandro Prados de la Escosura (ed.). Exceptionalism and Industrialisation: Britain and Its European Rivals, 1688–1815. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 135. ISBN   0-521-79304-1 . Retrieved 29 December 2007.
  7. ↑ 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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