Joseph Addison (1672-1719) was an English essayist and scholar who co-authored "The Tatler" and "The Spectator," and wrote the poem "The Campaign" and the tragedy "Cato."
Joseph Addison (1672-1719) was an English essayist and classical scholar. He contributed to periodicals like "The Tatler" and "The Spectator," and wrote the heroic couplet poem "The Campaign" and the blank verse tragedy "Cato."
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| Back | 1672-1719 English essayist notable classical scholar 1704 he published the Campaign, a poem in heroic couplets celebrating the English victory at Blenheim a kit-cat club the Tatler the Spectator contributed to Steel's periodical the Guardian 1713 Cato; blank verse tragedy the Drummer 1715; a prose comedy, was a failure political newspaper the freeholder, 1715_16 |
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