Richard Steele

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17th/18th-century Anglo-Irish writer, playwright, and politician

WritersLived 1671 to 1729 · aged 58

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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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c. 1712 kit-cat portrait of Steele by Sir Godfrey Kneller

Steele's house at Llangunnor, near Carmarthen, 1797

Of the 271 essays published in The Tatler journal, Joseph Addison (left) wrote 42, Steele (right) wrote roughly 188, and the rest were collaborations between the two writers.

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FatherRichard Steele

MotherElinor Sheyles

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Richard Steele

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