Richard Lovell Edgeworth’s Death – Cause and Date

Richard Lovell Edgeworth Death Cause and Date

Born (Birthday) May 31, 1744

Death Date June 13, 1817

Age of Death 73 years

Cause of Death N/A

Place of Death Edgeworthstown, Ireland

Profession Inventor

The inventor Richard Lovell Edgeworth died at the age of 73. Here is all you want to know, and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

Irish inventor who predicted some of modern-day’s machines and made a machine to measure the size of a plot of land. He was a founder-member of the Royal Irish Academy.

He studied at Trinity College, Dublin.

He came up with the idea of the caterpillar track, calling it ‘a cart that carries its own road.’

His grandson Francis Ysidro Edgeworth continued the family tradition of expanding science.

Rowland Hill is another well known British inventor – he came up with the self-adhesive postage stamp.