James Watt
1736–1819
Scottish engineer whose improved steam engine powered the Industrial Revolution.
James Watt (1736–1819) was an inventor, born in Greenock and died in Heathfield Hall, United Kingdom.
- Known as
- Inventor
- Category
- Scientists & Inventors
- Born
- 1736, Greenock
- Died
- 1819, Heathfield Hall, United Kingdom
Alive at the same time as James Watt
- Benjamin Franklin 1706–1790, statesman and inventor
- Leonhard Euler 1707–1783, mathematician
- Carl Linnaeus 1707–1778, biologist
- Joseph Haydn 1732–1809, composer
- John Adams 1735–1826, US president
- Paul Revere 1735–1818, American patriot
- Marquis de Sade 1740–1814, nobleman
- Antoine Lavoisier 1743–1794, chemist
- Thomas Jefferson 1743–1826, US president
- Francisco Goya 1746–1828, painter
- Edward Jenner 1749–1823, physician
- Carl Friedrich Gauss 1777–1855, mathematician
Portrait: Henry Howard, Public domain.
