William Weston Young (1776–1847) Quaker Entrepreneur of Bristol and Glamorganshire; artist, botanist, wreck-raiser, surveyor, potter, and inventor of the firebrick.
Read more about William Weston Young: Biography, The Cambrian Pottery & Friendship With Lewis Weston Dillwyn, Wreck-Raising, Surveying & Thomas Mansel Talbot's Tomb, The Nantgarw Pottery, The Dinas Firebrick, The Final Years, Secondary Resources, Primary Resources
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