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Writer
 
Writer
  
==Notable Achievements==
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==Description==
  
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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. 
  
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==Further Reading/Research==
  
==Description==
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* http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/577935/John-Addington-Symonds
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* http://www.glbtq.com/literature/symonds_ja.html
  
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Revision as of 19:53, 12 August 2014

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.

Further Reading/Research


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