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Richard Steele
Sir Richard Steele was an Anglo-Irish writer, playwright and politician best known as the co-founder of the magazine The Spectator alongside his close friend Joseph Addison.
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culture · Anglo-Irish writer and politician (1671–1729) · playwright · politician · journalist · writer · also Richard Steele, Sir Richard Steele, Steele
Born 1671 · Died 1 September 1729 · Q333148
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His skull was discovered in a lead casket, having previously been accidentally disinterred during the 1870s
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Died 1729-09-01.
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Born 1671.
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