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Wedgwood, Josiah

12. July 1730 – 3. January 1795

English businessman and potter.

Josiah Wedgwood’s Wedgwood Manufactory was taken over by his son Josiah Wedgwood II on his retirement.

Traveljournal 1814

Traveljournal 1845

  • Fischer, Johann Conrad: Tagebücher. Bearbeitet von Karl Schib. Schaffhausen 1951.
  • Henderson, W. O.: J. C. Fischer and his Diary of Industrial England 1814–1851. London 1966, S. 61f.

Cite as: Wedgwood, Josiah. In: Travel Reports of a Pioneer: Digital Edition of the Travel Journals of Johann Conrad Fischer 1794–1851. Published by Franziska Eggimann. Edited by Franziska Eggimann, Nicolau Lutz, Valerija Rukavina und Christopher Zoller-Blundell. Schlatt 2023, Version 1.2, https://johannconradfischer.com/en/names/gfa-actors-7567, viewed on 6 June 2025.

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Portrait of Josiah Wedgwood (artist unknown, 1892)