Wedgwood (disambiguation)
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Wedgwood is a British pottery firm.
Wedgwood may also refer to:
Places:
- Wedgwood, Staffordshire
- Wedgwood, Seattle, Washington, a neighborhood in Seattle, Washington
Josiah Wedgwood may refer to several men from the Wedgwood pottery dynasty:
- Josiah Wedgwood, aka Josiah Wedgwood I (1730-1795), the famous potter.
- Josiah Wedgwood II (1769-1843), son of Josiah I.
- Josiah Wedgwood III (1795-1880), son of Josiah II.
- Josiah Wedgwood, 1st Baron Wedgwood (Josiah Wedgewood IV), (1872-1943) great-great-grandson of Josiah I through Josiah II's son Francis and Francis' son Clement.
- Josiah Wedgwood V (1899-1968) son of Josiah Wedgwood IV
Thomas Wedgwood may refer to several members of the Wedgwood family of famous potters, it was a name used for the first son, giving the line:
- Thomas Wedgwood I (c.1617-1679)
- Thomas Wedgwood II (1660-1715) second son of Thomas I
- Thomas Wedgwood III (1685 - 1739) eldest son of Thomas II, father of Josiah Wedgwood
- Thomas_Wedgwood IV(1716 - 1773) eldest son of Thomas III
- Thomas Wedgwood V (1744-1786) elder son of Thomas IV
- Thomas Wedgwood VI (1776-1809) elder son of Thomas V
- Thomas Wedgwood VII (1800-1864) eldest son of Thomas VI
But the name was also used elsewhere; Josiah Wedgwood's son Thomas Wedgwood (1771-1805) was a pioneer of photography.
Other famous people from the Darwin — Wedgwood family are:
- Hensleigh Wedgwood
- Susannah Wedgwood, mother of Charles Darwin
- Emma Wedgwood, wife of Charles Darwin
Anthony Wedgwood Benn (Tony Benn) and William Wedgwood Benn are descended from Aaron Wedgwood, younger brother of Thomas Wedgwood I.
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