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| Joseph Addison
(1672 - 1719)
| Timeline |
| 1672 |
Born 1 May in Wiltshire |
| 1687 |
Enters Oxford |
| 1693 |
Graduates Magdalene College |
| 1699 |
Receives pension of £300 a year, sets out on Continental tour |
| 1702 |
Returns home
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| 1706 |
Appointed under-secretary of state |
| 1709 |
Goes to Ireland in the capacity of secretary to the Lord-lieutenant |
| 1711 |
Appears in The Spectator |
| 1716 |
Marries the Dowager-countess of Warwick |
| 1717 |
Appointed Secretary of State |
| 1718 |
Resigns appointment |
| 1719 |
Dies 17 June |
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