Título: Matthew Boulton
Seção: Early and family life
Background: Matthew Boulton  (; 3 September 1728 - 17 August 1809) was an English manufacturer and business partner of Scottish engineer James Watt. In the final quarter of the 18th century, the partnership installed hundreds of Boulton & Watt steam engines, which were a great advance on the state of the art, making possible the mechanisation of factories and mills. Boulton applied modern techniques to the minting of coins, striking millions of pieces for Britain and other countries, and supplying the Royal Mint with up-to-date equipment.

Conteúdo: The elder Boulton's business prospered after young Matthew's birth, and the family moved to the Snow Hill area of Birmingham, then a well-to-do neighbourhood of new houses. As the local grammar school was in disrepair Boulton was sent to an academy in Deritend, on the other side of Birmingham. At the age of 15 he left school, and by 17 he had invented a technique for inlaying enamels in buckles that proved so popular that the buckles were exported to France, then reimported to Britain and billed as the latest French developments.  On 3 March 1749 Boulton married Mary Robinson, a distant cousin and the daughter of a successful mercer, and wealthy in her own right. They lived briefly with the bride's mother in Lichfield, and then moved to Birmingham, where the elder Matthew Boulton made his son a partner at the age of 21. Though the son signed business letters "from father and self", by the mid-1750s he was effectively running the business. The elder Boulton retired in 1757 and died in 1759.  The Boultons had three daughters in the early 1750s, but all died in infancy. Mary Boulton's health deteriorated, and she died in August 1759. Not long after her death Boulton began to woo her sister Anne. Marriage with a deceased wife's sister was forbidden by ecclesiastical law, though permitted by common law. Nonetheless, they married on 25 June 1760 at St. Mary's Church, Rotherhithe. Eric Delieb, who wrote a book on Boulton's silver, with a biographical sketch, suggests that the marria

user: Where was he born?

assistant: CANNOTANSWER

user: Where did he grow up?

assistant: the family moved to the Snow Hill area of Birmingham,

user: Did he have any siblings?

assistant: The Boultons had three daughters in the early 1750s, but all died in infancy.

user: What was his upbringing like?

assistant: At the age of 15 he left school,

user: Why did he leave school?

assistant: and by 17 he had invented a technique for inlaying enamels in buckles

user: Was the invention successful?

assistant: that proved so popular that the buckles were exported to France,

user: Can you tell me more about the success of the buckles?

assistant: then reimported to Britain and billed as the latest French developments.

user: Did he ever start a family of his own?

assistant: Boulton married Mary Robinson, a distant cousin and the daughter of a successful mercer, and wealthy in her own right.

user: When did he marry her?

assistant: On 3 March 1749

user: Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?

assistant: They lived briefly with the bride's mother in Lichfield, and then moved to Birmingham, where the elder Matthew Boulton made his son a partner at the age of 21.