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Also Known As Tobias George Smollet
Baptized March 19, 1721
Died September 17, 1771 • near LivornoItaly
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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