Editing Coventry (section)

===Science, technology and business===
{{see also|Category:Businesspeople from Coventry}}Coventry has been the home to several pioneers in science and engineering.

[[Thomas Stevens (weaver)|Thomas Stevens]] was born in Coventry and became famous for his invention of a method of using the programmable loom to weave colourful pictures from silk, which he called [[Stevengraph]]s.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stevengraphs - The Herbert Art Gallery & Museum |url=https://www.theherbert.org/collections/social-and-industrial-history/18/stevengraphs |access-date=2024-10-14 |website=www.theherbert.org}}</ref> Stevens employed another Coventry native called [[Joseph Gutteridge]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-08-27 |title=The Ribbon Trade - Exploring Eliot |url=https://exploringeliot.org/discover-george-eliot/finding-middlemarch/the-ribbon-trade/ |access-date=2024-10-21 |website=exploringeliot.org |language=en-GB}}</ref> a silk weaver who became a pioneer of [[Brocade|brocades]] in five colours and later a [[Microscopy|microscopist]].<ref>{{Cite ODNB |last=Chancellor |first=V. E. |title=Gutteridge, Joseph (1816–1899), silk weaver and naturalist |url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-54368 |access-date=2024-10-21 |date=2004 |language=en |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/54368}}</ref> Samuel Courtauld and Co Ltd's director H. G. Tetley chose [[Foleshill]] in Coventry in 1904 as the site of the world's first man-made fibre factory which produced an "artificial silk" later known as [[viscose]] [[rayon]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|last1=Richards|first1=J. M.|last2=Cox|first2= Alan|encyclopedia=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|title=Gibberd, Sir Frederick Ernest (1908–1984)|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/31144|access-date=22 May 2008|edition=Online|year=2004|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=Oxford|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/31144 }}</ref>
[[File:starley 14g06.JPG|thumb|upright|Statue commemorating [[James Starley]]]]

[[Frank Whittle|Sir Frank Whittle]], the inventor of the [[jet engine]], was from the city.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.midlandairmuseum.co.uk/jet.php|title=Midland Air Museum – The Jet Engine|work=midlandairmuseum.co.uk|access-date=18 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150315165707/http://www.midlandairmuseum.co.uk/jet.php|archive-date=15 March 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> The inventor [[James Starley]] founded the ''Coventry Sewing Machine Company'' in 1857<ref>{{cite ODNB |last=Donnelly |first=Tom |title=Starley, James (1831–1881), bicycle manufacturer |url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-26320 |access-date=15 September 2024 |date=2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/26320}}</ref> and was  instrumental in the development of the bicycle. His nephew, [[John Kemp Starley|J. K. Starley]], worked alongside his uncle and went on to found the car company [[Rover Company|Rover]]. Sir [[Alfred Herbert]] was an industrialist who set up the tool manufacturer [[Alfred Herbert Limited]],<ref>{{cite web |last=Donnelly |first=Tom |title=Herbert, Sir Alfred Edward (1866–1957), machine tool manufacturer |url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-48619 |access-date=15 September 2024 |website=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography }}</ref> and was benefactor to the city, whose legacy lives on in the [[Herbert Art Gallery]].<ref name="CT64">{{cite web |title=64 famous people Coventry and Warwickshire have given the world |date=2 May 2020 |url=https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/64-famous-people-coventry-warwickshire-18175578 |work=Coventry Telegraph |access-date=29 August 2023}}</ref> Cyborg scientist [[Kevin Warwick]] is also a Coventrian. [[John Egan (industrialist)|Sir John Egan]], industrialist and former Chief Executive of [[Jaguar Cars]] attended [[Bablake School]] in the city.{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}}

[[Frederick Gibberd|Sir Frederick Gibberd]], architect and designer, was born in Coventry, and amongst the buildings for which he is best known are [[Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral]] and [[Didcot Power Station]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|last1=Richards|first1=J. M.|last2=Cox|first2= Alan|encyclopedia=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|title=Gibberd, Sir Frederick Ernest (1908–1984)|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/31144|access-date=22 May 2008|edition=Online|year=2004|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=Oxford|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/31144 }}</ref>

[[Ann Rollason]] was a printer and bookseller who published the ''Coventry Mercury'' newspaper from 1813 to 1846.<ref>{{Cite ODNB |last=Wiskin |first=Christine |title=Rollason [née Oven], Ann (bap. 1767, d. 1846), printer and bookseller |url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-70353 |access-date=2024-10-14 |date=2004 |language=en |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/70353|isbn=978-0-19-861412-8 }}</ref> [[Donald Trelford]], journalist and academic, was born in Coventry and attended [[Bablake School]]. He was editor of ''[[The Observer]]'' newspaper from 1975 to 1993.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-27 |title=Donald Trelford obituary |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/donald-trelford-former-observer-editor-dies-at-85-n85zlgcwf |access-date=2024-10-15 |website=[[The Times]] |language=en}}</ref> Born in Coventry, former [[King Henry VIII School, Coventry|King Henry VIII Grammar School]] pupil [[Paul Connew]] became editor of the ''[[Sunday Mirror]]'' and deputy editor of the ''[[Daily Mirror]]'' and ''News of The World'' – later he became Director of Communications at the children's charity ''Sparks''.{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}}