Anthony Ashley Cooper, first earl of Shaftesbury

(1621-1683)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of, 1621-1683 NRA: Cooper Anthony Ashley (1621-1683) 1st Earl of Shaftesbury statesman DNB: Cooper, Anthony Ashley, first earl of Shaftesbury (1621–1683), politician LBT ID: LdShaft1 VIAF ID: 25404031 LOC ID: n50001461	B/BAP: 1621-07-22 DIED: 1683-01-21
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Whig politician; he patronized John Locke and was satirized by John Dryden in Absalom and Achitophel.