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Josiah Wedgwood: Entrepreneur to the Enlightenment by Brian Dolan (Paperback, 2008)

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An intriguing examination of the life and times of Josiah Wedgwood, potter to the Queen, and an Enlightenment pioneer. Brian Dolan combines the remarkable story of Josiah Wedgwood, the English potter whose works are among the finest examples of ceramic art, with the story of the 18th-century world of industry, fashion and conisseurship. Born in 1730 in Staffordshire, into a family with a long tradition as potters, Wedgwood survived childhood smallpox (and later, the loss of his leg), to become one of the most prestigious potters in England; Queen Charlotte was sufficiently impressed to name him 'Royal Supplier of Dinnerware'. Depending on his business acumen, artistic sensibilities, and critically, his scientific invations, he established a factory and village near Stoke-on-Trent named Etruria, where his revolutionary basalt and jasperware was developed. Dolan weaves into this tale intriguing social detail: the lives of the workers at Etruria, England at the beginning of the industrial revolution, the Court of Queen Charlotte and the worlds of the Royal Society and the Men of Science. He paints a wonderful picture of the man and of the fascinating Enlightenment period when he flourished.

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PublisherHarper Perennial, Harpercollins Publishers

ISBN-100007291639

ISBN-139780007291632

eBay Product ID (ePID)103500408

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AuthorBrian Dolan

FormatB-Format Paperback, Paperback

LanguageEnglish

TopicBiography: Business

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Place of PublicationLondon

Content Note26b/W Plates (16pp)

Author BiographyBrian Dolan received his doctorate from Cambridge University in 1995. He has been a history lecturer in Sweden, London (at the Wellcome Institute), Wellcome Research Lecturer at the University of East Anglia and Associate Lecturer at Birkbeck College, London. He now teaches at UCSF and lives in San Francisco.

Date of Publication03/06/2008

Country of PublicationUnited Kingdom