John Stockdale
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For his son, the English publisher and editor, see John Joseph Stockdale.
John Stockdale (25 March 1750[1] – 21 June 1814[2]) 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.