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Richard Lovell Edgeworth (31 May 1744 - 13 June 1817) was an Anglo-Irish politician, writer and inventor. Edgeworth was born in Pierrepont Street, Bath, England, great-grandson of Sir Salathiel Lovell through his granddaughter, Jane Lovell. A Trinity College, Dublin and Corpus Christi, Oxford alumnus, he is credited for creating, among other inventions, a machine to measure the size of a plot of land. He also made strides in the developing educational methods. He anticipated the caterpillar track with an invention that he played around with for forty years but that he never successfully developed. He described it as a "cart that carries its own road".
Published in 1820, this memoir of an influential educationalist and inventor sheds light on eighteenth-century social and intellectual history.
"Richard Lovell Edgeworth A Selection From His Memoir" from Richard Lovell Edgeworth. Anglo-Irish politician, writer and inventor (1744-1817).