Joseph Spence
1699
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1768
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: Great Britain
languages spoken, written or signed: English
educated at: New College, Winchester College, Eton College
occupation: historian, writer, classical scholar, landscape architect, university teacher, Anglican priest, theologian
position held: Oxford Professor of Poetry, Regius Professor of History
Joseph Spence (28 April 1699 – 20 August 1768) was a historian, literary scholar and anecdotist, most famous for his collection of anecdotes (published in 1820) that are an invaluable resource for historians of 18th-century English literature (Augustan literature). Source: Wikipedia (en)
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