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<date>1704</date>
<pubPlace>London</pubPlace>
<pubFormat>quarto</pubFormat>
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<persName>Matthew Tindal</persName>
<birth><date>1657</date> Bere-Ferris (Devonshire)</birth>
<residence>Bere-Ferris; Oxford; London</residence>
<education>country school; Lincoln College, Oxford; Exeter College: BA (1676),  BCL (1679), DCL (1685)</education>
<occupation>law fellowship in All Souls (1678); lawyer; advocate at Doctor's  Commons; author</occupation>
<socecstatus>professions (law)</socecstatus>
<socecstatuspat>professions (clergy)</socecstatuspat>
<biogNote>deist; turned Catholic during James II's reign; Whig tendencies</biogNote>
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<keywords scheme="lamTop"><term>freedom of the press</term><term> civil liberties</term></keywords>
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