James Watt
Scottish inventor and mechanical engineer
James Watt FRS, FRSE was a Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer, and chemist who improved on Thomas Newcomen's 1712 Newcomen steam engine with his Watt steam engine in 1776, which was fundamental to the changes brought by the Industrial... Wikipedia
Born: January 19, 1736, Greenock, United Kingdom
Died: August 25, 1819 (age 83 years), Heathfield Hall
Education: University of Glasgow
Grandchild: Agnes Miller
Children: James Watt Junior, Margaret Watt, Janet Watt, and more
Parents: Agnes Muirhead and James Watt
Spouse: Ann MacGregor (m. 1777–1819) and Margaret Miller (m. 1764–1772)