Tobias Smollett

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Also Known As	Tobias George Smollet
Baptized	March 19, 1721
Died	September 17, 1771 • near Livorno • Italy
Notable Works	“An Essay on the External Use of Water” • “Humphry Clinker” • “Peregrine Pickle” • “Roderick Random” • “The Adventures of Ferdinand, Count Fathom” • “The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves” • “The Reprisal: or, The Tars of Old England” • “Travels Through France and Italy”

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