Matthew Robinson Boulton
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Matthew Robinson Boulton was the son of industrialist Matthew Boulton and a British manufacturer and engineer who helped continue and expand his father's metalworking and minting enterprises.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Matthew Robinson Boulton canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1042585 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Matthew Robinson Boulton Context triple: [Matthew Boulton, child, Matthew Robinson Boulton]
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A.
Matthew Boulton
Matthew Boulton was an influential 18th-century English manufacturer and industrialist, best known for his partnership with James Watt in developing and commercializing steam engines during the Industrial Revolution.
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B.
Josiah Wedgwood I
Josiah Wedgwood I was an influential 18th-century English potter, entrepreneur, and abolitionist whose innovations helped transform pottery into a modern industrial art and business.
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C.
Boulton and Watt
Boulton and Watt was a pioneering 18th-century British engineering and manufacturing firm best known for developing and commercializing improved steam engines that powered the Industrial Revolution.
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D.
Josiah Wedgwood II
Josiah Wedgwood II was an English industrialist, politician, and member of the prominent Wedgwood–Darwin family, known for managing the Wedgwood pottery firm and serving as a Whig Member of Parliament.
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E.
Richard Arkwright
Richard Arkwright was an English inventor and entrepreneur whose development of water-powered spinning machinery and factory-based textile production made him a pivotal figure in the early Industrial Revolution.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Matthew Robinson Boulton Target entity description: Matthew Robinson Boulton was the son of industrialist Matthew Boulton and a British manufacturer and engineer who helped continue and expand his father's metalworking and minting enterprises.
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A.
Matthew Boulton
Matthew Boulton was an influential 18th-century English manufacturer and industrialist, best known for his partnership with James Watt in developing and commercializing steam engines during the Industrial Revolution.
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B.
Josiah Wedgwood I
Josiah Wedgwood I was an influential 18th-century English potter, entrepreneur, and abolitionist whose innovations helped transform pottery into a modern industrial art and business.
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C.
Boulton and Watt
Boulton and Watt was a pioneering 18th-century British engineering and manufacturing firm best known for developing and commercializing improved steam engines that powered the Industrial Revolution.
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D.
Josiah Wedgwood II
Josiah Wedgwood II was an English industrialist, politician, and member of the prominent Wedgwood–Darwin family, known for managing the Wedgwood pottery firm and serving as a Whig Member of Parliament.
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E.
Richard Arkwright
Richard Arkwright was an English inventor and entrepreneur whose development of water-powered spinning machinery and factory-based textile production made him a pivotal figure in the early Industrial Revolution.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British industrialist
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engineer ⓘ human ⓘ manufacturer ⓘ |
| basedIn | Birmingham ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Great Britain
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1770 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1842 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Trinity College, Cambridge ⓘ |
| employer |
Soho Manufactory
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Soho Manufactory ⓘ
surface form:
Soho Mint
|
| father | Matthew Boulton ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
metalworking
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minting ⓘ |
| heritage | English ⓘ |
| industry |
metal industry
ⓘ
minting industry ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Royal Society ⓘ |
| mother | Mary Robinson ⓘ |
| name | Matthew Robinson Boulton self-link ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
continuation of coinage contracts after his father’s death
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expansion of export trade in metal goods ⓘ modernization of minting machinery at Soho Mint ⓘ |
| notableFamily |
Strutt family
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surface form:
Boulton family
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| notableWork |
continuation of Soho Manufactory operations
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expansion of family metalworking business ⓘ management of minting enterprises founded by Matthew Boulton ⓘ |
| occupation |
engineer
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manufacturer ⓘ |
| participatedIn | development of industrial coinage technology in Britain ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Birmingham ⓘ |
| placeOfBurial | St. Mary’s Church, Handsworth ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Birmingham ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
partner in Soho Manufactory
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partner in Soho Mint ⓘ |
| residence |
Soho House, Handsworth
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surface form:
Soho House, Birmingham
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| sibling | Anne Boulton ⓘ |
| spouse | Louisa Mary Hodgson ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Matthew Robinson Boulton Description of subject: Matthew Robinson Boulton was the son of industrialist Matthew Boulton and a British manufacturer and engineer who helped continue and expand his father's metalworking and minting enterprises.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.