Joseph Johnson

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Joseph Johnson was an influential 18th-century London publisher and bookseller known for promoting radical, Enlightenment, and early feminist works.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Enlightenment figure
bookseller
person
publisher
activeInPeriod 18th century
early 19th century
associatedWithMovement Age of Enlightenment
surface form: "Enlightenment"

early feminism
religious dissent
birthDate 1738-01-15
birthPlace Liverpool
businessLocation St Paul's Churchyard
surface form: "St Paul's Churchyard, London"
citizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
coFounded The Analytical Review
deathDate 1809-12-20
deathPlace London, England
surface form: "London"
hosted literary gatherings
imprisonedIn King's Bench Prison
imprisonmentYear 1798
influenced British radical culture
dissemination of Enlightenment thought in Britain
knownFor promoting Enlightenment ideas
publishing radical works
supporting early feminist writings
legalIssue prosecuted for seditious libel
name Joseph Johnson
notableWork The Analytical Review
occupation bookseller
publisher
patronOf Joseph Priestley
Mary Wollstonecraft
politicalAlignment radical Whig
publishedAuthor Anna Laetitia Barbauld
Erasmus Darwin
Gilbert Wakefield
Henry Fuseli
Joseph Priestley
Maria Edgeworth
Mary Wollstonecraft
Thomas Malthus
William Blake
William Cowper
William Godwin
publishedGenre children's literature
philosophy
political theory
science
theology
religiousAffiliation Unitarian sympathizer
residence London, England
surface form: "London"
supported abolitionist ideas

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Anna Seward correspondedWith Joseph Johnson
this entity surface form: "William Hayley"
Mary employer Joseph Johnson
subject surface form: "Mary Wollstonecraft"
Joseph Johnson name Joseph Johnson

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