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Biography of journalist Henry Hetherington and bibliography including comments on each work.
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An abolitionist, critic of religion and advocate of the abolition of monarchy in favor of democracy, Thomas Paine authored The Age of Reason and The Rights of Man(1737-1809).
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Journalist and publisher of radical newspaper, the Manchester Observer. Helped form the Patriotic Union Society, a group dedicated to obtain parliamentary reform. (1788-1844)
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Novelist and political journalist. Published over 560 books and pamphlets and is considered to be the founder of British journalism. Includes short biography. (1660-1731)
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Maintained a journal of travels across England that was later published in book form. (1662-1741)
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Abstract: The son of a shoemaker from Ashburton in Devon, was born on 9th December, 1790. Richard's father abandoned the family in 1794 and it was a struggle for his mother to look after her three children from the profits of the small shop that she ran in Ashburton. Richard received six years free education from the local Church of England school and learnt to read and write. At the age of twelve Richard left school and was apprenticed as a tinplateman in Plymouth. He would go on to become one of the many who led the fight for a free press.
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Unitarian, publisher of radical newspaper, and political activist who supported parliamentary reform and universal suffrage. (1761-1841)
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Founder of the Political Register, his critic of government frequently placed him in danger of being emprisoned(1763-1835).
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Biography of journalist Edward Baines Jr. and bibliography including comments on each work.
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Journalist who wrote several articles in favor of parliamentary reform. (1788-1875)
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Minister, historian, and journalist noted for "History of British India", a book which was completed in 1817.
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British poet and journalist (1772-1834).
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Contributor to periodicals including the Morning Chronicle, Morning Post, and The Quarterly Review. (1775-1834)
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First a reporter for The Observer, he was recruited to spy of the Spenceans, a group demanding parliamentary reform. Called to the witness stand at the trial of some of its leaders, his testimony was deemed unreliable by the jury.
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Abstract: Born in Bristol in 1774. After his father's death an uncle sent him to Westminster School but he was expelled in 1792 after denouncing flogging in the school magazine. In 1795 Southey married Edith Fricker, whose elder sister, Sara Fricker, married Samuel Taylor Coleridge. In 1813 Robert Southey was appointed poet laureate. Southey was criticised by Lord Byron and William Hazlitt who accused him of betraying his political principles for money. Southey wrote several books between 1824 and 1835. He died in 1843.
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