Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1709
- Died
- 1789
- Works
- 57
Top works
- Memoirs of a coxcomb
- Titus Vespasian:b
- Nouvelle traduction de Woman of pleasur, ou, Fille de joie
- View of a literary plan, for the retrieval of the antient Celtic
- Mémoires de Fanny Hill, Femme de Plaisir
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- Total plays
- 726
John Cleland (baptised 24 September 1709 – 23 January 1789) was an English novelist most famous and infamous as the author of Fanny Hill: or, the Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure. John Cleland was the oldest son of William Cleland (1673/4 – 1741) and Lucy Cleland (née DuPass). He was born in Kingston upon Thames in Surrey but grew up in London, where his father was first an officer in the British Army and then a civil servant. William Cleland was a friend to Alexander Pope <a href="https://www.las
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Wishaw
- Occupation
- racing automobile driver
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Sport
- auto racing
- Image
- John Cleland - 2017 BTCC Knockhill (Sunday).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1952-07-15
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- John Cleland (racing driver)
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- John Cleland (racing driver)
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