Person Boulton; Matthew (1728 - 1809) Boulton Matthew 1728 - 1809 British Male Birmingham, England 03 September 1728 Soho 18 August 1809 Burial: Handsworth, Birmingham

Engineer Career: Entered his father's business, as a silver stamper and piercer; started his own factory in Soho, near Birmingham; in partnership with James Watt (1775-1800) Fellow 24/11/1785 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB References: Sir John Craig, 'The Royal Society and the Royal Mint' in NR 1964 vol 19 pp 156-167, plate Robert E Schofield, 'The Lunar Society of Birmingham: A Bicentenary Appraisal' in NR 1966 vol 21 pp 144-161 R V Jones, 'The "Plain Story" of James Watt: the Wilkins Lecture 1969' in NR 1969 vol 24 pp 194-220 Sir Kenneth Hutchison, 'The Royal Society and the Foundation of the British Gas Industry' in NR 1984-85 vol 39 pp 245-270 D G King-Hele, 'Erasmus Darwin, Man of Ideas and Inventor of Words' in NR 1988 vol 42 pp 149-180 Desmond King-Hele, 'The 1997 Wilkins Lecture: Erasmus Darwin, the Lunaticks and Evolution' in NR 1998 vol 52 pp 153-180 Desmond King-Hele, 'Erasmus Darwin's improved design for steering carriages - and cars' in NR 2002 vol 56 pp 41-62 Patricia Fara, 'Letters from a scientific emperor', review of Neil Chambers, 'The letters of Sir Joseph Banks: a selection 1768 - 1829' in NR 2002 vol 56 pp 264-265 R W Jones, 'Dalton's unfortunate choice' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 15-33 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 3 Sep 1728 - 18 Aug 1809 NA8135 21/11/2001 Andyg pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes d05dd5cb-dc13-4b5f-afd5-29a479bea053