Edmund Cartwright was an English clergyman and inventor, credited with the creation of the most fundamental form of power loom. It is his designed and developed power loom that serves as the predecessor to the modern power looms. What is interesting to note is the fact that Cartwright neither had any sort of training or qualification for the subject. Despite having no expertise or experience, he came up with a brilliantly modelled power loom that gave the world automated machine for textile manufacturing. Educated at the University College, Oxford, Cartwright began a career in Church of England. From serving as the rector to eventually becoming prebendary of Lincoln Cathedral, he served the Church dutifully. It was a chanced visit to Sir Richard Arkwright’s cotton spinning mills that turned the fate of Cartwright making him an inventor as well. Other than devising the power loom, he is credited for inventing a wool-combing machine and a cordelier