Josiah Wedgwood

Josiah Wedgwood was apprenticed to his elder brother Thomas, a Staffordshire potter, in 1744, but childhood smallpox left him with a damaged knee that made working the potter's wheel difficult. Partly as a result he concentrated on glazes, clay bodies and process, running thousands of recorded experiments that produced jasperware. With partner Thomas Bentley he built one of the first modern industrial brands.