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Joseph Addison

(1672 - 1719) English essayist and poet. In 1711 with his friend Richard Steele he founded 'The Spectator' magazine.

Joseph Banks

[Sir], (1743 - 1820), English botanist and explorer. He sailed with Captain Cook on his 1768-71 voyage round the world as a representative of the Royal Society. On that trip he discovered many new species of animals and plants.

Joseph John Thomson

[Sir], (1856 - 1940), English physicist. In 1906 he was awarded the Nobel prize for physics for his discovery of the electron, one of the most significant discoveries in physics.

Joseph Mallord William Turner

(1775 - 1851), English painter. He exhibited his first work aged just 15. His famous paintingsinclude "The Battle of Trafalgar", "The Fighting Temeraire Tugged to Her Last Berth to Be Broken up" and "Rain, Steam and Speed � The Great Western Railway".


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Jesse Jackson

(1941 - ), American Democrat politician and Baptist minister. He has campaigned twice for the Democratic presidential nomination.