Josiah Wedgwood biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of Josiah Wedgwood

Author Name:

Josiah Wedgwood

Born As:

Josiah Wedgwood

Other Names:

Born:

12 Jul 1730

Died:

3 Jan 1795




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Founder of the Wedgwood Company                          
He belonged to the fourth generation of a family of potters whose traditional occupation continued through another five generations. Wedgwood's company is still a famous name in pottery today, as part of Waterford Wedgwood Waterford Crystal, and Wedgwood China, is the commonly used term for his Jasperware, the blue, or sometimes green china with overlaid white decoration, still common throughout the world.                          
Mother Mary Wedgwood Stringe
Father Thomas Wedgwood - Josiah being the thirteenth and youngest child.

Grandfather of Charles Darwin and Emma Darwin.

Married Sarah Wedgwood - a third cousin - seven children:
Susannah - married Robert Darwin, mother of the English naturalist Charles Darwin
John 
Josiah - father of Emma Darwin, cousin and wife of the English naturalist Charles Darwin
Thomas  
Catherine 
Sarah Wedgwood
Mary Anne                           
                          
Credited with the industrialization of the manufacture of pottery. He was a member of the Darwin - Wedgwood family.

Produced an anti-slavery medallion -  "Am I Not A Man And A Brother?"

Forbes.com readers and editors rank Josiah Wedgwood as the 19th most influential businessman of all time.

Josiah increased prices for the nobility, which allowed him to then lower his prices for middle class clientele.