Tobias Smollett

1721 - 1771

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genre: poetry, novel

country of citizenship: Great Britain

native language: English, Scots

languages spoken, written or signed: English

educated at: University of Glasgow

occupation: physician writer, historian, novelist, journalist, surgeon, translator, poet, writer

Tobias George Smollett (baptised 19 March 1721 – 17 September 1771) was a Scottish novelist, surgeon, critic and playwright. 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. Source: Wikipedia (en)