Wedgwood: A Man of Parts

"But Josiah was born on the cusp of the Industrial Revolution and he changed the potter cottage industry into a factory system."

By Nan Graham

Wilmington, NC – Josiah Wedgwood, grandfather of Charles Darwin, has an interesting part in North Carolina history as an inventive entrepreneur.

Nan Graham's WHQR commentaries can be found in her books, "In a Magnolia Minute," and "Turn South at the Next Magnolia." Her website is nangraham.com ? Copyright 2009, WHQR