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Historian, literary critic, poet, and translator.  Early gay rights activist, pioneering the term 'homosexuality'.  Noted for his studies on the Renaissance.  His writings is considered some of the earliest work of homosexual autobiography.   
 
Historian, literary critic, poet, and translator.  Early gay rights activist, pioneering the term 'homosexuality'.  Noted for his studies on the Renaissance.  His writings is considered some of the earliest work of homosexual autobiography.   
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* [[LGBTQ Individuals and Academics of the Renaissance Period]]
  
 
==Further Reading/Research==
 
==Further Reading/Research==

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John Addington Symonds

Country

Great Britain

Birth - Death

1840 - 1893

Occupation

Writer

Description

Historian, literary critic, poet, and translator. Early gay rights activist, pioneering the term 'homosexuality'. Noted for his studies on the Renaissance. His writings is considered some of the earliest work of homosexual autobiography.

See Also

Further Reading/Research


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