Editing Joseph Addison (section)

{{short description|English essayist, poet, playwright, and politician (1672–1719)}}
{{for multi|the 20th-century ambassador|Joseph Addison (diplomat)|the general|Joseph Edward Addison}}
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| name          = Joseph Addison
| image         = Joseph Addison by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt.jpg
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| caption       = "[[Kit-Cat Club|Kit-cat portrait]]" by [[Godfrey Kneller]], {{circa|1703–1712}}
| birth_name    = 
| birth_date    = {{birth date|1672|5|1|df=y}}
| birth_place   = [[Milston]], Wiltshire, England
| death_date    = {{death date and age|1719|5|17|1672|5|1|df=y}}
| death_place   = {{nowrap|[[Kensington]], Middlesex, England}}
| occupation    = {{cslist|Writer|journalist|politician}}
| education     = 
| alma_mater    = [[The Queen's College, Oxford]]
| party         = [[Whigs (British political party)|Whigs]]
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| language      = {{cslist|English|Latin}}
| period        = from 1693
| genre         = {{cslist|Poetry|playwright|[[libretto]]|essay|editorial|translation}}
| subject       = 
| movement      = [[Classicism]]
| notableworks  = ''[[Cato, a Tragedy]]''
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| office        = Member of Parliament {{awrap|for the borough of [[Lostwithiel (UK Parliament constituency)|Lostwithiel]]}}
| term_start    = 1708
| term_end      = 1709
| predecessor   = 
| successor     = 
| office2       = [[Secretary of State for the Southern Department]]
| term_start2   = 12 April 1717
| term_end2     = 14 March 1718
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| signature     = Signatur Joseph Addison.PNG
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'''Joseph Addison''' (1 May 1672 – 17 May 1719) was an English essayist, poet, playwright, and politician. He was the eldest son of [[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. His simple prose style marked the end of the mannerisms and conventional classical images of the 17th century.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Norwich|first=John Julius|title=Oxford Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Arts|url=https://archive.org/details/oxfordillustrate00norw|url-access=limited|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=1990|isbn=978-0198691372|location=USA|pages=[https://archive.org/details/oxfordillustrate00norw/page/5 5]}}</ref>