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JOHN MADDISON MORTON (1811-1891)

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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 882 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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JOHN MADDISON See also:MORTON (1811-1891)  , See also:English playwright, was See also:born at Pangbourne, on the 3rd of See also:January 1811 . He was the author of See also:Box and See also:Cox (1847) and a number of other farces . In later See also:life, however, he failed to maintain his success, and eventually became a See also:Charterhouse pensioner, dying on the 19th of See also:December 1891 . His See also:father, See also:Thomas See also:Morton (1764?-1838), also a well-known dramatist, was the author of See also:Columbus, or a See also:World Discovered (1792); See also:Speed the Plough (1798); The School of Reform, or How to See also:Rule a See also:Husband (18o5); A See also:Roland for an See also:Oliver (1819); and other pieces .

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