Joseph Addison

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Member of Parliament essayist human playwright poet politician

Joseph Addison was an influential early 18th-century English essayist, poet, and politician best known for co-founding and writing for the periodicals The Spectator and The Tatler.

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Joseph Addison canonical 14
Life of Joseph Addison 2

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instanceOf Member of Parliament ⓘ
essayist ⓘ
human ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
poet ⓘ
politician ⓘ
birthPlace Milston, Wiltshire ⓘ
burialPlace Westminster Abbey, London ⓘ
surface form: Westminster Abbey
centuryOfActivity 18th century ⓘ
coFounderOf The Spectator ⓘ
The Tatler ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship England ⓘ
Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1672-05-01 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1719-06-17 ⓘ
deathPlace London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
educatedAt Charterhouse School ⓘ
Magdalen College, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ
Queen's College, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName Addison ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
essay ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
givenName Joseph ⓘ
hasOccupation journalist ⓘ
influenced English prose style ⓘ
knownFor development of the periodical essay ⓘ
moral essays in The Spectator ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ
movement Augustan literature ⓘ
name Joseph Addison self-link ⓘ
notableWork Cato, a Tragedy ⓘ
Remarks on Several Parts of Italy ⓘ
The Campaign ⓘ
The Spectator ⓘ
The Tatler ⓘ
occupation essayist ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
poet ⓘ
politician ⓘ
politicalAlignment Whig Party ⓘ
surface form: Whig
positionHeld Member of Parliament for Lostwithiel ⓘ
Member of Parliament for Malmesbury ⓘ
Secretary of State for the Southern Department ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Charlotte Myddelton ⓘ
workLocation London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

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Augustan literature → notableAuthor → Joseph Addison ⓘ
Addison County, Vermont → namedAfter → Joseph Addison ⓘ
Sir Samuel Garth → contemporaryOf → Joseph Addison ⓘ
Joseph Addison → name → Joseph Addison self-link ⓘ
Matthew Prior → contemporaryOf → Joseph Addison ⓘ
Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot → notableTarget → Joseph Addison ⓘ
Richard Steele → coFounderWith → Joseph Addison ⓘ
Thomas Tickell → associatedWith → Joseph Addison ⓘ
Thomas Tickell → friendOf → Joseph Addison ⓘ
Lucy Aikin → notableWork → Joseph Addison ⓘ
this entity surface form: Life of Joseph Addison
Thomas Parnell → associatedWith → Joseph Addison ⓘ
Lord Lansdowne → associatedWith → Joseph Addison ⓘ
Addison’s play "Cato" → author → Joseph Addison ⓘ
subject surface form: Cato (play)
The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets → hasPart → Joseph Addison ⓘ
this entity surface form: Life of Joseph Addison
court of Queen Anne → significantPerson → Joseph Addison ⓘ
Addison’s Walk → namedAfter → Joseph Addison ⓘ