Tobias Smollett
1721 – 1771 · aged 50
Scottish writer and surgeon (1721–1771)
- Born
- 19 Mar 1721 · Cardross
- Died
- 17 Sept 1771 · Livorno
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- 19 Mar 1721BornBorn in Cardross
- 17 Sept 1771DiedDied in Livorno
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- 1756 – 1763Seven Years' War
- c. 1760 – 1840Industrial Revolution
- 1765 – 1783American Revolution
Biography
Tobias George Smollett (bapt. 19 March 1721 – 17 September 1771) was a Scottish writer and surgeon. He was best known for writing picaresque novels such as The Adventures of Roderick Random (1748), The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle (1751) and The Expedition of Humphry Clinker (1771), which influenced later generations of British novelists, including Charles Dickens. His novels were liberally altered by contemporary printers; an authoritative edition of each was edited by Dr O. M. Brack Jr and others.
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