Matthew Boulton

Matthew Boulton (3 September 1728 – 17 August 1809) was an English manufacturer and business partner of Scottish engineer James Watt. Quotes I sell here, Sir, what all the world desires to have—power. Speaking to Boswell of his engineering works on 22 March 1776, in James Boswell ‘The Life of Samuel Johnson’ The surrounding text: The vastness and the contrivance of some of the machinery would have ‘matched his mighty mind’. I shall never forget Mr Bolton’s expression to me: ‘I sell here, Sir, what all the world desires to have, – POWER.’ He had about seven hundred people at work. I contemplated him as an iron chieftain, and he seemed to be a father to his tribe. External links Category:Businesspeople from England Category:Business theorists from England Category:Engineers from England Category:Inventors Category:People from Birmingham Category:1728 births Category:1809 deaths Category:Fellows of the Royal Society