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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 studied at the medical school in Edinburgh, having left Ireland in the autumn of 1752 to pursue his medical studies there. Although he was later known by the courtesy title of "Doctor"āwhich referred to those holding a Bachelor of Medicineāhe did not actually earn a degree during his time in Edinburgh.1