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Josiah Wedgwood

1730 - 1795

Born

Burslem, Staffordshire, England

Died

03 January 1795

Etruria Hall, near Barlaston, Staffordshire

Nationality
British
Gender
Male
Date of election for Royal Society fellowship
16/01/1783
Relationships
His daughter Susannah married Robert Waring Darwin FRS (1788), who was son of Erasmus Darwin FRS (1761) and father of their fifth child Charles Robert Darwin FRS (1839); the second wife of Sir James Mackintosh (FRS 1813) was sister to Louisa, who married John Wedgwood, and Elizabeth who married Josiah Wedgwood, the sons of Josiah Wedgwood