biography
pronunciation:
[dohltn]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1820–97)
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| biography:
| Pottery manufacturer, born in London, UK. He entered his father's pottery there, and in 1846 introduced stoneware drain pipes instead of flat-bottomed brick drains. In 1848 he started works near Dudley, later the largest in the world, and introduced fine porcelain ware in the 1880s, for which the company is better known. |
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