About Matthew Piers Watt Boulton

Matthew Piers Watt Boulton, also published under the pseudonym M. P. W. Bolton, was a British classicist, elected member of the UK's Metaphysical Society, an amateur scientist and an inventor, best known for his invention of the aileron, a primary aeronautical flight control device. He patented the aileron in 1868, some 36 years before it was first employed in manned flight by Robert Esnault-Pelterie in 1904.

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Matthew Piers Watt Boulton

British classicist (1820–1894)

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Occupation: military flight engineer, mathematician, engineer, philosopher
Position held: High Sheriff of Oxfordshire
Citizenship: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Born: September 22, 1820
Died: June 30, 1894

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