What is the personality type of Robert Fulton? Which MBTI personality type best fits? Personality type for Robert Fulton from Engineers & Inventors and what is the personality traits.
Robert Fulton personality type is INTP, the inventor of the steamboat, the first person to build a successful commercially successful steamboat.. John Quincy Adams, the 6th president of the USA, was an INTP.
Fulton was born in Connecticut in 1765. He tested his steamboat on the Hudson River in New York, and it proved very successful. By 1807 he had built over fifty steamboats.
Fulton had a tremendous ego. He claimed to have invented the steamboat, but he had never patented it. After he died all his patents went to others.
Fulton's ego got him into trouble. He was arrested in 1810 for not paying his taxes. He was also arrested for having spent money on prostitutes.
Fulton did have some legitimate business ideas. He made money from promoting the manufacture of iron in small quantities. He also invented the first cash register.
Fulton's greatest business success was in 1815 when he bought the patents of Thomas Curtis for $3,000 and then sold them for $1,000,000.
Fulton would be a great Ti in any type combination. He was a very strong Ti and a very strong Te combined with an inferior Ne.
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