It was headed by Prof Danny Dorling, an expert on human geography and social change.
The factory, which is home to Burgess, Dorling and Leigh, now has four new apprentices.
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"This year's report shows conclusive evidence of improving stillbirth and neonatal mortality rates, " said Dr Jon Dorling, lead author of the report.
The trust is also planning to catalogue the collection which has been built up by pottery firm Burgess, Dorling and Leigh, since 1888.
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While Britain and the US record similar data, few others are comparable, says Danny Dorling, professor of human geography in the University of Sheffield.
But despite the obvious and vast improvements in all conditions of life since then, Professor Danny Dorling believes that examining inequalities is still very important.
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It is the second time this pair has won the honour and breaks the stranglehold publisher Dorling Kindersley has had on the category in recent years.
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He writes regularly in The Independent on Sunday, Evening Standard and Sunday Times Travel magazine, and has written and contributed to guides for the AA, Dorling Kindersley and Michelin.
Cost is another reason, says Danny Dorling of Sheffield University.
"Life in Britain: Using millennial Census data to understand poverty, inequality and place" by Ben Wheeler, Mary Shaw, Richard Mitchell and Danny Dorling is published by the Policy Press.
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Simon Clutterbuck, James Jacobs and Dr. Richard Dorling won for inventing a technique which has made huge advances in bringing to life computer-generated characters such as Gollum in Peter Jackson's The Hobbit.
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