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John Magee (1750 - c.1809):
Printer


John Magee was born in Belfast and came from a family of printers. He went to Dublin where he published Magee's Weekly Packet in 1777, and by 1779 he had acquired the Dublin Evening Post. He was imprisoned in Newgate for exposing the Earl of Clonmell and the 'Sham Squire', Francis Higgins.

Born: 1750
Died: c.1809
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