| Authorised form of name | Wedgwood; Josiah (1730 - 1795); potter |
| Other forms of surname | Wedgewood |
| Dates | 1730 - 1795 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Burslem, Staffordshire, England |
| Place of death | Etruria Hall, near Barlaston, Staffordshire |
| Date of death | 03 January 1795 |
| Dates and places | Baptism:
12 August 1730
Burial:
Stoke-on-Trent churchyard, Staffordshire |
| Research field | Ceramic technology |
| Chemistry |
| Activity | Career:
Partner in a small pot-works near Stoke; opened his own works at Burslem (1759); patented 'Queen's ware'
Memberships:
FSA (1786)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 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 |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB
References:
Robert E Schofield, 'The Lunar Society of Birmingham; A Bicentenary Appraisal' in NR 1966 vol 21 pp 144-161
Nora Barlow, 'Erasmus Darwin, FRS (1731-1802)' in NR 1959 vol 14 pp 85-98
John Thomas, 'Josiah Wedgwood's Portrait Medallions of Fellows of the Royal Society' in NR 1963 vol 18 pp 45-53, plate
D G King-Hele, '"Vase-Maker General to the Universe"', review of Robin Reilly, Josiah Wedgwood, 1730-1795 in NR 1994 vol 48 pp 159-161, plate
Desmond King-Hele, 'The 1997 Wilkins Lecture: Erasmus Darwin, the Lunaticks and Evolution' in NR 1998 vol 52 pp 153-180
Milo Keynes, 'The Portland Vase: Sir William Hamilton, Josiah Wedgwood and the Darwins' in NR 1998 vol 52 pp 237-259, plate
R W Jones, 'Dalton's unfortunate choice' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 15-33
J Browne, 'Darwin on Darwin. Charles Darwin's The Life of Erasmus Darwin, ed D King-Hele' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 346 - 348
D King-Hele, 'Makers of the future. The Lunar Men: the friends who made the future, by J Uglow' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 348 - 350 |
| Royal Society code | NA8026 |
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| MM/5/18 | Letter from Joseph Priestley, Birmingham, to Josiah Wedgwood | 16 January 1784 |
| MM/5/12 | Letter from Joseph Priestley, Birmingham, to Josiah Wedgwood | 8 January 1783 |
| MM/5/3 | Letter from Joseph Priestley, Birmingham, to Josiah Wedgwood | 31 May 1781 |
| MM/5/9 | Letter from Joseph Priestley, Birmingham, to Josiah Wedgwood | 16 September 1782 |
| M/256 | Smith, Adam | 1787 |
| MM/5/27 | Letter from Joseph Priestley to Josiah Wedgwood | October 1790 |
| MM/5/23 | Letter from Joseph Priestley, Birmingham, to Josiah Wedgwood | 8 January 1788 |
| MM/5/22 | Copy of a letter from Josiah Wedgwood to Joseph Priestley | 25 August 1787 |
| MM/5/14 | Letter from Joseph Priestley, Birmingham, to Josiah Wedgwood | 23 January 1783 |
| MM/5/10 | Letter from Joseph Priestley, Birmingham, to Josiah Wedgwood | 10 October 1782 |
| MM/5/15 | Letter from Joseph Priestley, Birmingham, to Josiah Wedgwood | 7 March 1783 |
| MM/5/21 | Letter from Joseph Priestley, Birmingham, to Josiah Wedgwood | 1787 |
| MM/5/28 | Letter from Joseph Priestley, Birmingham, to Josiah Wedgwood | 16 February 1791 |
| MM/5/26 | Letter from Joseph Priestley, Birmingham, to Josiah Wedgwood | 9 October 1788 |
| MM/5/4 | Letter from Joseph Priestley, Birmingham, to Josiah Wedgwood | 26 June 1781 |
| MM/5/13 | Letter from Joseph Priestley, Birmingham, to Josiah Wedgwood | 16 January 1783 |
| MM/5/11 | Letter from Joseph Priestley, Birmingham, to Josiah Wedgwood | 8 December 1782 |
| MM/5/17 | Letter from Joseph Priestley, Birmingham, to Josiah Wedgwood | 24 July 1783 |
| MM/5/5 | Letter from Joseph Priestley, Birmingham, to Josiah Wedgwood | 8 August 1781 |
| MM/5/19 | Letter from Joseph Priestley, Birmingham, to Josiah Wedgwood | 23 January 1784 |
| MM/5/24 | Letter from Joseph Priestley to Josiah Wedgwood | September 1788 |
| MM/5/30 | Letter from Joseph Priestley, London, to Josiah Wedgwood | 7 September 1791 |
| MM/5/1 | Letter from Joseph Priestley, Birmingham, to Josiah Wedgwood | 30 November 1780 |
| CB/4/1/18 | Receipts for clothing, servants' wages, portmanteau, purchases from Josiah Wedgwood accumulated by Charles Blagden | 1784 |
| MM/5/25 | Letter from Joseph Priestley, Birmingham, to Josiah Wedgwood | 18 August 1788 |
| MM/20/50 | Letter from Josiah Wedgwood to Joseph Priestley | 30 July 1791 |
| MM/5/29 | Letter from Joseph Priestley, Birmingham, to Josiah Wedgwood | 26 February 1791 |
| RSL/3/52 | Letter from Josiah Wedgwood, Etruria, to Sir Joseph Banks | 26 December 1796 |
| M/255 | Herschel, Sir William | |
| CB/1/6/202 | Letter from J Wedgwood, Etruria to Charles Blagden, 2 King's Road | 11 September 1784 |
| MM/5/8 | Letter from Joseph Priestley, Birmingham, to Josiah Wedgwood | 21 March 1782 |
| M/254 | Hooker, Sir William Jackson | |
| MS/391/213 | Bond of Josiah Wedgwood to the Treasurer of the Royal Society | 16 January 1783 |
| L&P/7/178 | Paper, 'A method of ascertaining very great degrees of heat' by Josiah Wedgwood | 1780 |
| L&P/8/23 | Paper, 'Some experiments upon black wadd' by Josiah Wedgwood | 1783 |
| L&P/7/249 | Paper, 'Attempt to make a thermometer for higher degrees of heat' by Josiah Wedgwood | 1782 |
| L&P/8/79/4 | Plate, 'Scale' by Josiah Wedgwood | 1784 |
| L&P/8/79/3 | Plate, 'Large funnel, filled with a solid mass of ice' by Josiah Wedgwood | 1784 |
| L&P/9/1 | Paper, 'Additional observations on making a thermometer for measuring the higher degrees of heat' by Josiah Wedgwood | 1786 |
| L&P/9/1/1 | Paper, 'Additional observations on making a thermometer for measuring the higher degrees of heat' by Josiah Wedgwood | 1786 |
| L&P/9/1/2 | Plate, 'Thermometer for measuring the higher degrees of heat' by Josiah Wedgwood | 1786 |
| IM/004829 | Wedgwood, Josiah | nd |
| MM/5/7 | Letter from Joseph Priestley, Birmingham, to Josiah Wedgwood | 6 March 1782 |
| MM/5/16 | Letter from Joseph Priestley, Birmingham, to Josiah Wedgwood | 23 March 1783 |
| MM/20/46 | Letter from Joseph Priestley to Josiah Wedgwood | 22 July 1781 |
| MM/5/20 | Letter from Joseph Priestley, Birmingham, to Josiah Wedgwood | 8 November 1784 |
| MM/5/6 | Letter from Joseph Priestley, Birmingham, to Josiah Wedgwood | 18 August 1781 |
| MM/20/48 | Letter from Joseph Priestley to Josiah Wedgwood | 26 August 1787 |
| EC/1782/08 | Wedgwood, Josiah: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MM/20/49 | Letter from Joseph Priestley to Josiah Wedgwood | 26 June 1791 |
| MM/20/47 | Letter from Joseph Priestley to Josiah Wedgwood | 6 May 1783 |
| L&P/8/79/2 | Plate, 'Mercurial thermometer' by Josiah Wedgwood | 1784 |
| L&P/8/79/1 | Paper, 'An attempt to comparer and connect [the indications of J W's pyrometer] with those of the mercurial thermometer' by Josiah Wedgwood | 1784 |
| L&P/8/79 | Paper, 'An attempt to comparer and connect [the indications of J W's pyrometer] with those of the mercurial thermometer' by Josiah Wedgwood | 1784 |
| L&P/9/167 | Letter, 'On the analysis of a mineral substance from New South Wales' from Josiah Wedgwood to Joseph Banks | 12 March 1790 |