John Cleland
English novelist, (d. 1789) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other uses, see John Cleland (disambiguation).
John Cleland (c.ā1709, baptised ā 23 January 1789) was an English novelist best known for his fictional Fanny Hill: or, the Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, whose eroticism led to his arrest. James Boswell called him "a sly, old malcontent".[1]
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Died | 23 January 1789 London, England |
Resting place | St Margaret Lothbury churchyard, City of London |
Occupation | soldier and writer |
Alma mater | Westminster School |
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