William Cookworthy, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

William Cookworthy

British pharmacist

Date of Birth: 12-Apr-1705

Place of Birth: Kingsbridge, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 17-Oct-1780

Profession: pharmacist, chemist

Zodiac Sign: Aries

William Cookworthy (12 April 1705 – 17 October 1780) was an English Quaker minister, a successful pharmacist and an innovator in several fields of technology.
He was the first person in Britain to discover how to make hard-paste porcelain, like that imported from China.
He subsequently discovered china clay in Cornwall.
In 1768 he founded a works at Plymouth for the production of Plymouth porcelain; in 1770 he moved the factory to Bristol, to become Bristol porcelain, before selling it to a partner in 1773.



Description	British painter history painter and portrait painter
Date of birth/death	16 May 1761	9 April 1807
Location of birth/death	St. Agnes (Cornwall)	London
Work location	London
Authority control	: Q2481088 VIAF: 2739832 ISNI: 0000 0000 6659 8536 ULAN: 500011687 LCCN: nr91026286 NLA: 35394520 WorldCat