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John Stockdale

British publisher

Died when: 64 years 88 days (770 months)
Star Sign: Aries

 

John Stockdale

John Stockdale (25 March 1750 – 21 June 1814) was an English publisher whose London shop became a salon for the political classes and who had to face two actions for defamation.

One by the House of Commons became a cause célèbre and resulted in an important change in the law.


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