Curated category
18th-century English people
- Josiah WedgwoodOn the 12th of July 1730, Josiah Wedgwood was born into a family of potters in Burslem. The village had several related families working clay near St John's…
- Ned LuddIn 1779, a weaver from Anstey near Leicester smashed two knitting frames in what was described as a fit of passion. The story claims he acted after being…