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Tobias Smollett
Tobias George Smollett 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 authorita…
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culture · Scottish writer and surgeon (1721–1771) · physician writer · historian · novelist · journalist · surgeon · translator · poet · writer · physician · also Tobias Smollett, Tobias George Smollet, Smollett
Born 19 March 1721 · Died 17 September 1771 · Q356283
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Died 1771-09-17.
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Born 1721-03-19.
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