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Josiah Wedgwood II ( 3 de abril de 1769 - 12 de julho de 1843 ), filho do oleiro inglês Josiah Wedgwood, continuou a firma de seu pai e foi membro do Parlamento (MP) por Stoke-upon-Trent de 1832 a 1835. Ele era um abolicionista, e detestava a escravidão .
Josiah Wedgwood II by William Owen. Josiah Wedgwood II (3 April 1769 – 12 July 1843), the son of the English potter Josiah Wedgwood, continued his father's firm and was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Stoke-upon-Trent from 1832 to 1835. He was an abolitionist, and detested slavery.
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There were several related Wedgwood families in the village of Burslem, which around 1650 was the main centre of Staffordshire Potteries. Each pot-works had one bottle kiln. Thomas Wedgwood set up the Churchyard Works, near St John's parish church. In 1679 the business went to his son of the same name, master potter and churchwarden who bought a fa...
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Wedgwood was keenly interested in the scientific advances of his day and it was this interest that underpinned his adoption of its approach and methods to revolutionise the quality of his pottery. His unique glazes began to distinguish his wares from anything else on the market. By 1763, he was receiving orders from the highest-ranking people, including Queen Charlotte. Wedgwood convinced her to let him name the line of pottery she had purchased "Queen's Ware", and trumpeted the royal associa...
As a leading industrialist, Wedgwood was a major backer of the Trent and Mersey Canal dug between the River Trent and River Mersey, during which time he became friends with Erasmus Darwin. Later that decade, his burgeoning business caused him to move from the smaller Ivy Works to the newly built Etruria Works, which would run for 180 years. The fac...
One of the wealthiest entrepreneurs of the 18th century, Wedgwood created goods to meet the demands of the consumer revolution and growth in prosperity that helped drive the Industrial Revolution in Britain. He is credited as a pioneer of modern marketing, specifically direct mail, money back guarantees, travelling salesmen, carrying pattern boxes ...
Wedgwood was a prominent slavery abolitionist. His friendship with Thomas Clarkson – abolitionist campaigner and the first historian of the British abolition movement – aroused his interest in slavery. Wedgwood mass-produced cameos depicting the seal for the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade and had them widely distributed, whi...
A locomotive named "Josiah Wedgwood" ran on the Cheddleton Railway Centrein 1977. It returned in May 2016 following ten years away.Commemorating the landing of the First Fleet at Sydney Cove in January 1788, Wedgwood made the Sydney Cove Medallion, using a sample of clay from the cove from Sir Joseph Banks, who had himself rec...Dolan, Brian (2004). Wedgwood: The First Tycoon. Viking Adult. ISBN 0-670-03346-4Freeman, R. B. (2007), Charles Darwin: A companion (2d online ed.), The Complete Works of Charles Darwin Online, retrieved 18 June2008Healey, E. (2010). Emma Darwin: The Wife of an Inspirational Genius. Headline. ISBN 978-0-7553-6160-1. Retrieved 8 January 2024.Jewitt, L.F.W. (1865). The Wedgwoods: Being a Life of Josiah Wedgwood; with Notices of His Works and Their Productions, Memoirs of the Wedgewood and Other Families, and a History of the Early Potte...Hunt, Tristram. The Radical Potter: Josiah Wedgwood and the Transformation of Britain(2021)Burton, Anthony. Josiah Wedgwood: A New Biography(2020)Koehn, Nancy F. Brand New : How Entrepreneurs Earned Consumers' Trust from Wedgwood to Dell(2001) pp. 11–42.Langton, John. "The ecological theory of bureaucracy: The case of Josiah Wedgwood and the British pottery industry." Administrative Science Quarterly(1984): 330–354.Wedgwood website Archived 5 January 2009 at the Wayback MachineVaizey, Marina, "Science into Art, Art into Science", The Tretyakov Gallery Magazine, No 2, 2016 (51) (good online summary)Wedgwood collection at the Lady Lever Art Gallery20 de jan. de 2022 · Josiah Wedgwood II, known as Jos, is pictured on horseback in the centre of this portrait. He was elected Stoke-on-Trent’s first MP, the result of the 70 years of campaigning for new industrial areas to have representatives in Parliament.
12 de abr. de 2016 · APRIL 12, 2016. Josiah Wedgwood II, an English manufacturer, was born Apr. 12, 1769 (first image above). Josiah II was the son of the founder of the Wedgwood Pottery firm, and he inherited the company upon the death of Josiah I in 1795. Josiah II grew up in Stoke-on-Trent in...
Information. Related objects. Also known as. Josiah Wedgwood II. primary name: primary name: Wedgwood, Josiah II. other name: other name: Wedgwood, Josiah. Details. individual; British; Male. Life dates. 1769-1843. Biography. Son of the potter, in partnership with his father from 1790. New search.
9 de set. de 2021 · In 1787, entrepreneurial potter Josiah Wedgwood (1730 – 95) produced a ceramic medallion in support of the abolition of the slave trade. A forerunner of the protest badge, Wedgwood's anti-slavery medallions were distributed for free at abolitionist society meetings to promote the cause.
