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wedgwood: let it be with the lunarticks

Posted on October 24, 2012 by Dave

In the 1790′s however, this great group was fast breaking up. The turn of the century saw the death of many. Thomas Day was killed from a fall from his horse in 1789- with characteristic perversity he had refused to … Continue reading →

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to baffle human woes

Posted on October 23, 2012 by Dave

The fruits of Richard Lovell Edgeworth’s erratic career were four marriages, twenty-two children, many ingenious but useless inventions, and an important book on education. Josiah Wedgwood and his friends. They were the most brilliant group in England, and quite possibly … Continue reading →

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it’s backfirin’ now

Posted on October 22, 2012 by Dave

Josiah Wedgwood and his friends. A diverse lot, both batty, brilliant and eccentric, they are mostly relegated minor figures of eighteenth century English life today, but some of them changed the world… When in 1785, Pitt’s abortive scheme for parliamentary … Continue reading →

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the idiocy and incompetence of it all

Posted on October 22, 2012 by Dave

It was a diverse set of characters that made up the hard-core of Josiah Wedgwood’s circle of friends, including even the fascinating figures on the fringes. They were collectively, the most brilliant group in England and also the most eccentric. … Continue reading →

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decided and optimistic views

Posted on October 21, 2012 by Dave

Josiah Wedgwood and his friends were the most brilliant group in England in the eighteenth-century- brilliant if highly eccentric. Most are forgotten today, but collectively they changed the world… Devotion to science and a respect for the arts were not … Continue reading →

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day: nature and nurture at dawn

Posted on October 21, 2012 by Dave

Eighteenth-century England and the circle of brilliant men around Josiah Wedgwood. Some were more eccentric than others. Even peculiar… Thomas Day made no great mark in the world beyond establishing an undisputed reputation for almost perfect eccentricity. His friends loved … Continue reading →

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day: doomed in duplicate

Posted on October 20, 2012 by Dave

Josiah Wedgwood’s friends numbered some brilliant but odd types. Most are forgotten today. Thomas Day made no great mark in the world beyond establishing an undisputed reputation for almost perfect eccentricity… Thomas Day was even stranger than Erasmus Darwin, whom … Continue reading →

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Darwin: going rogue in the Midlands

Posted on October 20, 2012 by Dave

Josiah Wedgwood’s friends were the most brilliant group in England, and clearly the most eccentric. Most are forgotten today, but some of them changed the world… Thomas Bentley preferred to exercise his charm rather than to regiment his gifts; Anna … Continue reading →

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