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I acknowledge Shakespeare to be the world's greatest dramatic poet, but regret that no parent could place the uncorrected book in the hands of his daughter, and therefore I have prepared the Family Shakespeare.
Thomas Bowdler
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Thomas Bowdler
Age: 70 †
Born: 1754
Born: July 11
Died: 1825
Died: February 24
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