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| | Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Joseph Addison (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18) |
 | | Joseph Addison, the "Kit-cat portrait", circa 1703–1712, by Godfrey Kneller. |
 | | Addison was born in Milston, Wiltshire, his father Lancelot Addison being dean of the cathedral city of Lichfield. |
 | | In 1718, Addison was forced to resign as secretary of state because of his poor health, but remained an MP until his death at Holland House, June 17, 1719, in his 48th year, and was buried in Westminster Abbey. |
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