# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/josiah-wedgwood
# Generated: 2026-09-01T19:55:23.461Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/josiah-wedgwood"
name: "Josiah Wedgwood"
slug: "josiah-wedgwood"
description: "Josiah Wedgwood was an English potter, entrepreneur and abolitionist. Founding the Wedgwood company in 1759, he developed improved pottery bodies by systematic experimentation, and was the leader in the industrialisation of the manufacture of European pottery."
tagline: "English potter and founder of the Wedgwood company (1730–1795)"
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gender: "male"
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birthDate: "1730-07-12"
deathDate: "1795-01-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump