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Richard Steele
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17th/18th-century Anglo-Irish writer, playwright, and politician
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1629
- Died
- 1692
- Works
- 17
Top works
- The religious tradesman and merchant, or, Plain and serious advices for his prudent and pious conduct in the various duties of his calling
- The religious tradesman; or
- The religious tradesman
- A Discourse Concerning Old-Age, Tending To The Instruction, Caution and Com- fort of Aged Persons. ... (6 lines)
- The religious tradesman, or, Plain and serious hints of advice for the tradesman's prudent and pious conduct, from his entrance into business, to his leaving it off
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Group
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1981
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 193
- Total plays
- 407
Tags
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The Measurement of Observer Agreement for Categorical Data
· 1977 · cited 63,432x
- The Sequence Alignment/Map format and SAMtools
· 2009 · cited 59,281x
- Fast and accurate short read alignment with Burrows–Wheeler transform
· 2009 · cited 47,681x
- ImageNet: A large-scale hierarchical image database
· 2009 · cited 47,337x
- Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 43,689x
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Quotes
- “It is to be noted that when any part of this paper appears dull there is a design in it,”
- “Though her mien carries much more invitation than command, to behold her is an immediate check to loose behaviour; to love her is a liberal education.”
- “Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.”
- “It was very prettily said, that we may learn the little value of fortune by the persons on whom heaven is pleased to bestow it.”
- “I am come to a tavern alone to eat a steak, after which I shall return to the office.”
- “I was going home two hours ago, but was met by Mr. Griffith, who has kept me ever since. I will come within a pint of wine.”
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Key facts
- Born
- 1671, Dublin , Kingdom of Ireland
- Died
- 1 September 1729 (1729-09-01) (aged 57–58), Carmarthen , Wales
- Alma mater
- Christ Church, Oxford , Merton College, Oxford
- Occupations
- Writer, playwright, politician
- Known for
- Founder of The Spectator
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Richard
- Family name
- Steele
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Republic of Ireland
- Place of birth
- Dublin
- Place of death
- Carmarthen
- Occupation
- writer
- Educated at
- Charterhouse School
- Political party
- Whigs
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Sir Richard Steele by Jonathan Richardson.jpg
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- Commons category
- Richard Steele
- date of birth
- 1671-00-00
- date of death
- 1729-09-01
- Commons Creator page
- Richard Steele
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- writing language
- English language
- name in native language
- Sir Richard Steele
- P8168
- ring counter
- P12749
- Richard Linsert
- different from
- Joseph Addison
Sources (3)
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Works in European collections
19 objects attributed to Richard Steele, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
The conscious lovers : a comedy : Adapted for Theatrical Representation, as performed at the Theatre-Royal, in Covent-Garden. Regulated from the Prompt-Books, By Permission of the Managers
The Funeral: Or, Grief A-La-Mode. A Comedy. Written by Sir Richard Steele. Marked with the Variations of the Manager's Book, At The Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane
Bibliotheque des Dames. contenant des regles generales pour leur conduite .... Écrite par une Dame et publiée Par Mr. le Chev. R. Steele. Trad. de l'Anglois 2
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Encyclopedic overview
Sir Richard Steele (c. 1671 – 1 September 1729) 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.
c. 1712 kit-cat portrait of Steele by Sir Godfrey Kneller
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Richard Steele” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.