John Campbell (author)
John Campbell (1708–1775) was a Scottish author. He contributed to George Sale's Universal History, and wrote a Political Survey of Britain (1744). He was both prolific and well paid: according to James Boswell, Samuel Johnson spoke of Campbell to Joseph Warton as ‘the richest author that ever grazed the common of literature.’
Read more about John Campbell (author): Life, Early Works, The "Universal History", Further Works, Periodicals, Later Works
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