William Cookworthy
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 244 years ago |
| Date of birth | April 12,1705 |
| Zodiac sign | Aries |
| Born | Kingsbridge |
| United Kingdom | |
| Date of died | October 17,1780 |
| Died | Plymouth |
| United Kingdom | |
| Field | Pharmacy |
| Books | Relics of William Cookworthy, collected by J. Prideaux |
| Siblings | Philip Cookworthy |
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| ID | 1861387 |
William Cookworthy Life story
William Cookworthy 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.
