Joseph Addison
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"Joseph Addison" was an English essayist, poet, playwright, and politician. He was the eldest son of The Reverend Lancelot Addison. His name is usually remembered alongside that of his long-standing friend, Richard Steele, with whom he founded The Spectator (1711)/The Spectator magazine.

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