# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-steele
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:18:21.610Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-steele"
name: "Richard Steele"
slug: "richard-steele"
description: "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."
tagline: "17th/18th-century Anglo-Irish writer, playwright, and politician"
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1671"
deathDate: "1729-09-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump