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Surname	Adams	Alternative Surname
First Name	William	Initial of Surname	A
Year of Birth/Baptism	1746	Flourished
Year of Death	1805
Biographical Details	Son of a stoneware manufacturer, Adams ran a pottery firm in Burslem from 1769 and opened a factory at Greengates, Tunstall in 1779. His jasperware rivalled that of Josiah Wedgwood, and the relief subjects that appeared on ceramics from his factory were sometimes taken from the same sources. Literary References: Pyke 1973, 4; Reilly 1995, 12