Samuel Richardson was an English writer and printer known for three epistolary novels: Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded, Clarissa: Or the History of a Young Lady and The History of Sir Charles Grandison. Wikipedia
Born: August 19, 1689, Mackworth, United Kingdom
Died: July 4, 1761 (age 71 years), Parsons Green, London, United Kingdom
Parents: Elizabeth Richardson
Spouse: Elizabeth Leake (m. 1733–1761) and Martha Wilde (m. 1721–1731)