Oliver Goldsmith

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Milestones

10 November probably 1728

OG , poet, novelist, historian, biographer and playwright, was born probably at Pallas, Longford, Ireland, a middle child in a family of eight.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

4 April 1774

OG , poet, novelist, historian, biographer, and playwright, died at the age of forty-three, at 2 Brick Court, Middle Temple, London, of a kidney infection. His condition may have been exacerbated through the use of Dr James's powder, a patent remedy.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

Biography

Irish Birth and Background

10 November probably 1728

OG , poet, novelist, historian, biographer and playwright, was born probably at Pallas, Longford, Ireland, a middle child in a family of eight.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

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