biography
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| male
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| lived:
| (c.1715–73)
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| biography:
| Writer, born possibly in London, UK. In 1744 he succeeded Dr Johnson on the Gentleman's Magazine, compiling parliamentary debates. In 1752 he started, with Johnson and others, The Adventurer, a periodical to which he made the major contribution. He published a volume of children's tales (1761), wrote dramatic works including Edgar and Emmeline (1761), edited Swift, and prepared a poorly received account of Captain Cook's Voyages (1773). |
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