biography
| name: |
Cookworthy, William
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1705–80)
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| biography:
| Porcelain manufacturer, born in Kingsbridge, Devon, SW England, UK. A Plymouth pharmacist and a Quaker, he was the discoverer of kaolin near St Austell (1756), and established a china factory near Plymouth. |
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