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Edward Cave, (
February 27 1691 –
January 10 1754), was a printer, editor and publisher. In
The Gentleman's Magazine he created the first general-interest "
magazine" in the modern sense.
The son of a cobbler, Cave was born in
Newton near
Rugby, Warwickshire and attended the grammar school there, but was expelled after being accused of stealing from the headmaster. 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 by 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 a large number of 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 Marvels Mill at
Northampton and converted this to a
cotton mill, probably the first water-powered
spinning mill in the world. This is 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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