Posted: Sun Nov 28, 04 9:29 am Post subject: Josiah Wedgwood
Mon-Fri 09:45 Book of the Week Josiah Wedgwood
1/5. James Masters reads from Brian Dolan's new biography of the master potter Josiah Wedgwood.
Born in 1730, in a 'dirty spot of earth', in the Midlands, Josiah could have ended up in the workhouse, but from an early age he showed exceptional talent and determination for self-improvement.