Episode 716
William Cookworthy
Sat, 2019-Apr-20 01:17 UTC
Length - 1:34
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The random article for Saturday, 20 April 2019 is William Cookworthy.
William Cookworthy (12 April 1705 – 17 October 1780) was an English Quaker minister, a successful pharmacist and an innovator in several fields of technology. He was the first person in Britain to discover how to make hard-paste porcelain, like that imported from China. He subsequently discovered china clay in Cornwall. In 1768 he founded a works at Plymouth for the production of Plymouth porcelain; in 1770 he moved the factory to Bristol, to become Bristol porcelain, before selling it to a partner in 1773.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 01:17 UTC on Saturday, 20 April 2019.
For the full current version of the article, see William Cookworthy on Wikipedia.
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