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William Duesbury

1725 - 1786

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William Duesbury (1725–1786) was an English enameller, in the sense of a painter of porcelain, who became an important porcelain entrepreneur, founder of the Royal Crown Derby and owner of porcelain factories at Bow, Chelsea, Derby and Longton Hall. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Duesbury is the 1,912th most popular painter (up from 1,941st in 2019), the 4,847th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,011th in 2019) and the 108th most popular British Painter.

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Among painters, William Duesbury ranks 1,912 out of 2,023. Before him are George Peter Alexander Healy, Martin Johnson Heade, Jacek Yerka, Louise Rayner, Zofia Stryjeńska, and Albert Pinkham Ryder. After him are Neo Rauch, Paul Nash, Octav Băncilă, Charles Hamilton Smith, Abbott Handerson Thayer, and Colin Campbell Cooper.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1725, William Duesbury ranks 35. Before him are George Mason, Ivan Osterman, Paul Sandby, Karl Wilhelm Ramler, John Morton, and Dru Drury.  Among people deceased in 1786, William Duesbury ranks 26. Before him are Thomas Wright, Nathanael Greene, Bernardo de Gálvez, Jean-Étienne Guettard, Johann Gottlieb Gleditsch, and Gustaf Lundberg.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Duesbury ranks 4,848 out of 8,785. Before him are Balfour Stewart (1828), Mick Avory (1944), John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll (1680), Clodagh Rodgers (1947), John Goodall (1863), and Alistair Overeem (1980). After him are George Henry Lewes (1817), Eddie Thomson (1947), Isaac Pitman (1813), William Mitchell Ramsay (1851), Michael Foot (1913), and Alan Hansen (1955).

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Among PAINTERS In United Kingdom

Among painters born in United Kingdom, William Duesbury ranks 108. Before him are Peter Doig (1959), George Clausen (1852), James Collinson (1825), John Opie (1761), Peter Blake (1932), and Louise Rayner (1832). After him are Paul Nash (1889), Gerald Scarfe (1936), Thomas Phillips (1770), Augustus John (1878), Benjamin Wilson (1721), and Randolph Caldecott (1846).

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