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Thomas Warren
fl. 1727–1741Printer, bookseller and publisherEurope · 1727Most named place: Ethiopia (approximate)
Warren was an influential figure in Birmingham who opened a bookshop in High Street, Birmingham around 1727. He was also founder and publisher of the Birmingham Journal, the town's first known newspaper. It is assumed the first edition was probably published 14 November 1732. His other notable publications were Samuel Johnson's first book - a translation of Jerónimo Lobo’s Voyage to Abyssinia, and Francis Godwin's The Man in the Moone.
Warren also ventured into cotton production when he financed world's first mechanized cotton-spinning factory established by John Wyatt and Lewis Paul in 1741. However, it was not a success, and Warren declared bankruptcy in 1743.
