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Richard Lovell Edgeworth (31 May 1744 - 13 June 1817) was an English
England

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 writer and inventor.

worth was born in Pierrepont Street, Bath, England, grandson of Sir Salathiel Lovell
Salathiel Lovell

Sir Salathiel Lovell was an Kingdom of England judge, Recorder , an ancient and bencher of Grey's Inn, and a Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer....
 through his daughter, Jane Lovell.

He was the father of Maria Edgeworth
Maria Edgeworth

Maria Edgeworth was an Anglo-Irish novelist....
 and 21 other children (by his four wives), and grandfather to Francis Ysidro Edgeworth
Francis Ysidro Edgeworth

Francis Ysidro Edgeworth made significant contributions to the methods of statistics during the 1880s. From 1891 onward he was the editor of a leading academic journal in economics and his own writings in economics were influential....
.

A Trinity College, Dublin
Trinity College, Dublin

Trinity College, Dublin , corporately designated as the Provost, Fellows and Scholars of the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, was founded in 1592 by Queen Elizabeth I of England as the "mother of a university", and is the only constituent residential college of the University of Dublin....
 and Oxford
University of Oxford

The University of Oxford , located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation in the English-speaking world....
 alumnus, he is credited for creating, among other inventions, a machine to measure the size of a plot of land.






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Richard Lovell Edgeworth (31 May 1744 - 13 June 1817) was an English
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 writer and inventor.

Biography

Edgeworth was born in Pierrepont Street, Bath, England, grandson of Sir Salathiel Lovell
Salathiel Lovell

Sir Salathiel Lovell was an Kingdom of England judge, Recorder , an ancient and bencher of Grey's Inn, and a Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer....
 through his daughter, Jane Lovell.

He was the father of Maria Edgeworth
Maria Edgeworth

Maria Edgeworth was an Anglo-Irish novelist....
 and 21 other children (by his four wives), and grandfather to Francis Ysidro Edgeworth
Francis Ysidro Edgeworth

Francis Ysidro Edgeworth made significant contributions to the methods of statistics during the 1880s. From 1891 onward he was the editor of a leading academic journal in economics and his own writings in economics were influential....
.

A Trinity College, Dublin
Trinity College, Dublin

Trinity College, Dublin , corporately designated as the Provost, Fellows and Scholars of the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, was founded in 1592 by Queen Elizabeth I of England as the "mother of a university", and is the only constituent residential college of the University of Dublin....
 and Oxford
University of Oxford

The University of Oxford , located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation in the English-speaking world....
 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 invented the caterpillar track in 1770.

He lived in Ireland at his estate at Edgeworthstown
Edgeworthstown

Edgeworthstown or Mostrim is a market town in County Longford, Ireland. Its name derives from the Edgeworth Family who have a long association with the town....
, County Longford
County Longford

Image:Royal Canal Longford long.JPGCounty Longford is a county situated in the Irish Midlands, in northwest Leinster. With an area of 1,091 km? and a population of 34,361, it is Ireland's third smallest county....
 where he reclaimed bogs and improved roads. He sat in Grattan's Parliament and advocated Catholic Emancipation
Catholic Emancipation

Catholic Emancipation or Catholic Relief, was a process in Great Britain and Ireland in the late 18th century and early 19th century which involved reducing and removing many of the restrictions on Roman Catholics which had been introduced by the Act of Uniformity, the Test Acts and the Penal Laws....
 and parliamentary reform. He was a founder-member of the Royal Irish Academy
Royal Irish Academy

The Royal Irish Academy , based in Dublin, is an Ireland, independent, academic body that promotes study and excellence in the sciences, humanities and social sciences....
. He died in Edgworthstown on 13 June 1817.

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