biography
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| male
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| lived:
| (1713–67)
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| biography:
| Publisher and bookseller, born in Berkshire, S England, UK. He settled in London in c.1744 as a seller of books and patent medicines. He was the first to publish books specifically for children, and was part-author of some of the best of them, notably Goody Two-Shoes. In 1758 he started the Universal Chronicle, or Weekly Gazette, in which the ‘Idler’ appeared. In the Public Ledger (1760) appeared Goldsmith's ‘Citizen of the World’. Since 1922 the Newbery Medal has been awarded annually for the best American children's book. |
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