Tobias Smollett
Novelist, Author
1721 – 1771
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Who was Tobias Smollett?
Tobias George Smollett was a Scottish poet and author. He was best known for his picaresque novels, such as The Adventures of Roderick Random and The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, which influenced later novelists such as Charles Dickens. George Orwell admired Smollett very much. His novels were amended liberally by printers; a definitive edition of each of his works was edited by Dr. O. M. Brack, Jr. to correct variants.
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- Born
- Mar 19, 1721
Dalquhurn - Also known as
- Tobias George Smollett
- Tobias Smolletts
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Scotland
- Profession
- Education
- University of Glasgow
Medicine
( - 1739)
- University of Glasgow
- Employment
- Naval Surgeon, Royal Navy
- Died
- Sep 17, 1771
Livorno - Resting place
- English Cemetery, Livorno
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on July 23, 2013
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