Boulton's life celebrated.

THE 200th anniversary of famed Birmingham industrialist Matthew Boulton's death was marked with a ceremony on Broad Street.

Lunar Society chairman Marion Roberts laid a wreath at the statue of Boulton and his fellow 18th century innovators William Murdock and James Watt.

The factory owner, who is considered one of the fathers of the industrial revolution, was a leading member of the society which saw prominent men in the Birmingham area meet once a month to discuss matters of science, agriculture and manufacturing. Other members included pottery maker Josiah Wedgwood and Erasmus Darwin, Charles Darwin's grandfather. Many of their achievements can be seen at an exhibition at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery on until September 27 at the Gas Hall Exhibition Gallery.

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Laying wreaths at Matthew Boulton's statue on the 200th anniversary of his death were Marion Roberts of the Lunar Society, deputy Lord Mayor Chauhdry Abdul Rashid and Michael Allchin, Assay Master.