Josiah Wedgwood
English potter and entrepreneur
Josiah Wedgwood FRS was an English potter, entrepreneur and abolitionist. Founding the Wedgwood company in 1759, he developed improved pottery bodies by systematic experimentation, and was the leader in the industrialisation of the manufacture of... Wikipedia
Born: July 12, 1730, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom
Died: January 3, 1795 (age 64 years), Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom
Grandchildren: Charles Darwin, Emma Darwin, Erasmus Alvey Darwin, and more
Children: Josiah Wedgwood II, Susannah Darwin, Thomas Wedgwood, and more
Siblings: Thomas Wedgwood IV, Margaret Wedgwood, Catherine Wedgwood, and more
Parents: Thomas Wedgwood III and Mary Stringer
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