Created process for forming pottery from dry clay dust by the application of pressure; father of Richard Bissell Prosser (1838-1918);

lived Baskerville Place, Birmingham; later lived 18 Broad Street, Birmingham; worked in the button, nail, welding and metal tube trades;

1831 - invented and patented a coffin or bullion nail with brass head covering;

1835 - patented process for casting nails;

1840 - patented process for producing 'agate' buttons;

many other patents for tubes

Metal tube works in Cambridge Street