Short answers, pulled from the story.
Edmund Cartwright was an English clergyman and inventor, born on the 24th of April 1743 and died on the 30th of October 1823. He is best known for designing the power loom, and he also held several church posts, including rector of Kilvington and prebendary at Lincoln Cathedral.
Edmund Cartwright designed his first power loom in 1784 and patented it in 1785. He patented an improved version in 1789 and a final weaving patent, adding multiple shuttle boxes, in 1792.
Parliament granted Edmund Cartwright £10,000 in 1809 in recognition of his power loom invention.
Edmund Cartwright patented a wool combing machine in 1789 and a cordelier, a rope-making machine, in 1792. He also designed a steam engine that ran on alcohol instead of water.
Edmund Cartwright's brothers included Major John Cartwright, a political reformer known for radical views, and George Cartwright, who explored Labrador.
Robert Grimshaw's weaving factory at Knott Mill in Gorton, Manchester, burned down in 1790 after only 30 of a planned 500 of Edmund Cartwright's power looms had been installed. The fire was likely an act of arson driven by hand loom weavers who feared the machines would take their work.