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Smollett, T. (Tobias), 1721-1771

LC control no.n 79149073
Descriptive conventionsrda
LC classificationPR3690 PR3698
Personal name headingSmollett, T. (Tobias), 1721-1771
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Variant(s)Smollet, T. (Tobias), 1721-1771
Smollett, Tobias George, 1721-1771
Smollett, Tobias, 1721-1771
Author of Roderick Random, 1721-1771
Roderick Random, Author of, 1721-1771
Associated countryScotland Italy
Associated placeDunbartonshire (Scotland)
Birth date1721-03-19
Death date1771-09-17
Place of birthDalquhurn (Renton, Scotland)
Place of deathLivorno (Italy)
Field of activityPoetry Fiction Picaresque literature
Profession or occupationPoets Authors
Found inHis Humphry Clinker, c1982: t.p. (Tobias Smollett)
The adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves, 1774: (Author of Roderick Random)
Wikipedia, Dec. 8, 2011 (Tobias George Smollett (19 March 1721-17 September 1771) was a Scottish poet and author. He was best known for his picaresque novels, such as The Adventures of Roderick Random (1748) and The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle (1751), which influenced later novelists such as Charles Dickens) viewed 22 January 2020 (author, poet and surgeon; he retired to Italy, where he was buried in the old English cemetery in Livorno, Italy; born, Dalquhurn (now part of Renton), Scotland; died, Livorno, Italy)
Associated languageeng