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Josiah Wedgwood   /dʒoʊsˈaɪə wˈɛdʒwˌʊd/   Listen
Josiah Wedgwood

noun
1.
English potter (1730-1795).  Synonym: Wedgwood.






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"Josiah Wedgwood" Quotes from Famous Books



... not always repeat itself. The first JOSIAH WEDGWOOD enhanced his fame by a faithful reproduction of the Portland Vase. JOSIAH the Second, essaying a fancy portrait of the present Duke of PORTLAND (in his capacity of a coal-owner), was less fortunate in the likeness, and this afternoon handsomely ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 156, March 12, 1919 • Various

... sound advice of his uncle Josiah Wedgwood (the son of the potter of Etruria) he accepted an offer to accompany Captain Fitzroy as naturalist on H. M. S. Beagle, which was to make an extensive surveying expedition. The voyage lasted from December 27th, 1831, to October 2d, 1836. It was, Darwin himself says, "by ...
— Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 • Various

... The principal acquaintance of the Wollstonecrafts in this retirement, was the family of a Mr. Allen, two of whose daughters are since married to the two elder sons of the celebrated English potter, Josiah Wedgwood. ...
— Memoirs of the Author of a Vindication of the Rights of Woman • William Godwin

... Relentless criticism has long since torn to pieces the old legend of King Numa, receiving in a cavern, from the Nymph Egeria, the laws that were to govern Rome. But no criticism can shake the record of that illness and mutilation of the boy Josiah Wedgwood, which made for him a cavern of his bedroom, and an oracle of his own inquiring, ...
— MacMillan's Reading Books - Book V • Anonymous



Words linked to "Josiah Wedgwood" :   ceramist, thrower, ceramicist, potter



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