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William Hone
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William Hone (3 June 1780 – 8 November 1842) was an English writer, satirist and bookseller. His victorious court battle against government censorship in 1817 marked a turning point in the fight for British press freedom.[2]
- ^ National Portrait Gallery, London
- ^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Hone, William". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 13 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 652.
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