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SIR HENRY DOULTON (1820-1897)

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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 450 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SIR See also:HENRY See also:DOULTON (1820-1897)  , See also:English inventor and manufacturer of pottery, See also:born in See also:Vauxhall on the 25th of See also:July 1820, was from the See also:age of fifteen actively employed in the pottery See also:works of his See also:father, See also:John See also:Doulton, at See also:Lambeth . One of the first results of his many experiments was the See also:production of See also:good See also:enamel glazes . In 1846 he initiated in Lambeth the See also:pipe works, in which he superintended the manufacture of the drainage and sanitary appliances which have helped to make the See also:firm of Doulton famous . In 1870 the manufacture of " See also:Art pottery " di was begun at Lambeth, and in 1877 works were opened at See also:Burslem, where almost every variety of See also:china and See also:porcelain, as well as See also:artistic earthenware, has been produced . Works have since been opened at See also:Rowley Regis, See also:Smethwick, St Helens, See also:Paisley and See also:Paris . After the Paris See also:exhibition of 1878• See also:Henry Doulton was. made a See also:chevalier of the See also:Legion of See also:Honour . In 1872 the " Art See also:department " was instituted in the Doulton works, giving employment to both male and . See also:female artists, amongst whom such workers as See also:George Tinworth and the Misses See also:Barlow have obtained a reputation outside their immediate See also:sphere . In 1887 Doulton received the honour of See also:knighthood, and a few years later was awarded the See also:Albert See also:medal by the Society of Arts . He married in 1849 the daughter of Mr J . L . Kennaby; she died in 1888 . See also:Sir Henry Doulton took an active See also:interest, as See also:almoner, in St See also:Thomas's See also:hospital .

He died in See also:

London on the 18th of See also:November 1897 .

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