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Oliver Goldsmith
Oliver Goldsmith, oil painting from the studio of Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1770; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Oliver Goldsmith wrote his famous novel, The Vicar of Wakefield, in 1762, though it was not published until 1766.1