Addison Joseph

Ad·di·son

A0080900 (ăd′ĭ-sən), Joseph 1672-1719. English essayist whose witty and elegant works appeared in The Tatler, founded by Richard Steele in 1709, and The Spectator, founded by Addison and Steele in 1711.
Ad′di·so′ni·an (-sō′nē-ən) adj.