Edward Cave

Edward Cave, (* February 27, 1691; † January 10, 1754 ) was the printer, editor and publisher. With The Gentleman 's Magazine he designed the first " magazine" of public interest in the modern sense.

Cave, the son of a shoemaker, was born in Newton near Rugby ( Warwickshire ), where he also visited his school, of which he was but with the charge of having robbed the Rector excluded. He participated in various works, including timber merchant, reporter and printer. He came up with the idea of a periodically published sheet that would take into account all the issues that interested the audience formed. From Business to poetry. So he tried various London printers and booksellers to convince yourself to accept his idea. Since no one appeared interested, Cave took the task into their own hands. The Gentleman 's Magazine was first published in 1731 and quickly became the most influential and most imitated journal of his time. Furthermore, it helped Cave to prosperity. In 1750 he founded The Rambler to the Samuel Johnson contributed the most posts.

Cave was a shrewd businessman. He put all his energy into his magazine and rarely left his office at St John 's Gate ( Clerkenwell ). He used a large number of distributors, most notably Samuel Johnson, who was always grateful that he got his main job for many years by Cave. Cave themselves often contributed articles under the pseudonym Sylvanus Urban at.

He was also associated with a license from Paul Lewis for 250 spindles of his patented spinning wheel, a predecessor of the water frames. In 1742 he bought Marvels mill ( Marvel's Mill ) in Northampton and built it to a cotton mill, probably the first water-powered mill in the world. She was obviously profitable, but only moderately. The spinning mill in 1761 or shortly thereafter abandoned.

Cave suffered from gout. He is buried at St. James Church, Clerkenwell.