James Watt Jr.

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James Watt Jr. was a British businessman and intellectual, known for managing his father James Watt’s steam engine business and participating in the scientific and industrial circles of the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British person
businessman
industrialist
intellectual
activeInPeriod early 19th century
late 18th century
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
father James Watt
fieldOfWork industrial management
manufacturing
steam engine industry
genre business correspondence
hasFamilyName Watt
hasGivenName James
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf British industrial circles
British scientific circles
notableFamily James Watt
notableFor managing his father James Watt’s steam engine business
participation in scientific and industrial networks of his time
notableWork development of the Soho Foundry business operations
management of the Watt steam engine business
occupation businessman
industrialist
manufacturer
relative James Watt
residence United Kingdom

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
James Watt ("Watt")
familyName
Lunar Society of Birmingham
hasMember

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