Josiah Wedgwood
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 229 years ago |
| Date of birth | July 12,1730 |
| Zodiac sign | Cancer |
| Born | Burslem |
| Stoke-on-Trent | |
| United Kingdom | |
| Date of died | January 3,1795 |
| Died | Etruria |
| Stoke-on-Trent | |
| United Kingdom | |
| Spouse | Sarah Wedgwood |
| Grandchildren | Emma Darwin |
| Charles Darwin | |
| Siblings | John Wedgwood |
| Thomas Wedgwood IV | |
| Margaret Wedgwood | |
| Mary Wedgwood | |
| Children | Susannah Darwin |
| Thomas Wedgwood | |
| Josiah Wedgwood II | |
| John Wedgwood | |
| Job | Entrepreneur |
| Potter | |
| Books | Correspondence of Josiah Wedgwood: Volume 3, Correspondence of Josiah Wedgwood 1781 to 1794 |
| Correspondence of Josiah Wedgwood: Volume 2, Letters of Josiah Wedgwood 1772 to 1780 | |
| Wedgwood's Catalogue of Cameos, Intaglios, Medals, Bas-Reliefs, Busts, and Small Statues: Repr. from the Ed. of 1787. Ed. by E. Meteyard | |
| Correspondence of Josiah Wedgwood: Volume 1, Letters of Josiah Wedgwood 1762 to 1772 | |
| Works | Intaglio |
| Parents | Thomas Wedgwood III |
| Mary Stringer | |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 440057 |
Josiah Wedgwood Life story
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 European pottery.
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