Augustus John 1878 – 1961
Augustus Edwin John OM, RA, (4 January 1878 – 31 October 1961) was a Welsh painter, draughtsman,...
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Category: Artisans of Influence
Kirkpatrick Macmillan (1812 – 1878) Inventor of the pedal bicycle.
Kirkpatrick Macmillan was a Scottish blacksmith who is credited with the invention of the pedal...
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Edward Jenner (1749 – 1823)
Jenner was an English doctor, the pioneer of smallpox vaccination and the father of immunology. He...
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Architect: Antoni Gaudi (1852 -1926)
[maxbutton id=”1″] Antoni Gaudí i Cornet (25 June 1852–10 June 1926) was a...
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List of Thomas Edison Patents
Introduction The Major Inventions of Thomas Edison Phonograph – History The first great...
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Henry Heath Lithographer Gray’s Pottery
Henry Heath was a draughtsman, an etcher of political caricatures and a lithographer, who switched...
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Susan Williams-Ellis 1918 – 2007
Pictured: Susan Williams-Ellis’ name appears in the last advertisement for products from...
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Joan Gray 1918 – 2001
The daughter of AE Gray from his second marriage. Joan was a designer and journalist prior to her...
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Anna Edith (Nancy) Catford 1905 – 1992
Nancy, as she was universally known, attended Sidcot School, Somerset, as a boarder where her...
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Sam Talbot 1902-1968
A designer at Gray’s Pottery from 1925 until 1959, taking the role of Art Director soon...
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Dorothy Tomes
Pictured: Examples of patterns in production just after Susie Cooper had left (October 1929) and...
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Susie Cooper 1902-1995
Pictured: Susie Cooper being interviewed by BBC Radio Stoke’s presenter Pat Lawrence at the...
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