Oliver Goldsmith
Irish novelist and playwright
Oliver Goldsmith was a well-known Anglo-Irish novelist, playwright, dramatist and poet, noted for his novel The Vicar of Wakefield, his pastoral poem The Deserted Village, and his plays The Good-Natur'd Man and She Stoops to Conquer. Wikipedia
Born: November 10, 1728
Died: April 4, 1774 (age 45 years), London, United Kingdom
Siblings: Charles Goldsmith, Margaret Goldsmith, Jane Goldsmith, and more
Parents: Ann Jones Goldsmith and Reverend Charles Goldsmith
Education: Trinity College, Dublin; (B.A., 1749); University of Edinburgh; (M.D., 1755)
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