About
Inventor of the first modern machine tools who helped speed up the coming of the Industrial Revolution.
Before Fame
He started his own tool shop after a dispute with his employer, making a better screw-cutting lathe, among other machines.
Trivia
He created machines that greatly cut down the human labor needed to make ships.
Family Life
His father worked in Britain's Royal Engineer Corps.
Associated With
His great-grandson founded the Maudslay Motor Company, becoming the U.K.'s version of Henry Ford.
