Tobias George Smollett
Who is Tobias George Smollett
Tobias George Smollett (baptised 19 March 1721 – 17 September 1771) was a Scottish poet and author. He was best known for 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 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.
Early life and family
Smollett was born at Dalquhurn, now part of Renton in present-day West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, and baptised on 19 March 1721 (his birth date is estimated as 3 days previously). He was the fourth son of Archibald Smollett of Bonhill, a judge and landowner, laird of Bonhill,...
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1. anthony trollope
2. benjamin disraeli
3. jilly cooper
4. p.g. wodehouse
5. jeremy taylor
6. walter scott
7. william thackeray
8. william hazlitt
9. tobias smollett
10. george orwell
11. earl of clarendon
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