James Watt ( 1736 - 1819 )

Birth: Greenock, South Clyde, Scotland (19 January 1736) Death: Heathfield, Birmingham (25 August 1819) Burial: St Mary's Church, Handsworth, Birmingham Research Field: Chemistry, engineering Career: Apprenticed to an instrument maker in London; Mathematical instrument maker in London; set up in business in Glasgow; mathematical instrument maker to the University of Glasgow (1757-1763); employed on surveys of the Forth and Clyde Rivers (1767); patented his idea of a steam engine with a separate condenser (1769); entered partnership with Matthew Boulton, Soho, near Birmingham (1774) Membership: Fellow Election Date: 24/11/1785.