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
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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
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surface form: "London"
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| hosted | literary gatherings → |
| imprisonedIn | King's Bench Prison → |
| imprisonmentYear | 1798 → |
| influenced |
British radical culture
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dissemination of Enlightenment thought in Britain → |
| knownFor |
promoting Enlightenment ideas
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publishing radical works → supporting early feminist writings → |
| legalIssue | prosecuted for seditious libel → |
| name | Joseph Johnson → |
| notableWork | The Analytical Review → |
| occupation |
bookseller
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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
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philosophy → political theory → science → theology → |
| religiousAffiliation | Unitarian sympathizer → |
| residence |
London, England
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surface form: "London"
|
| supported | abolitionist ideas → |
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this entity surface form: "William Hayley"