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Why did Oliver Goldsmith leave Ireland in 1752?

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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 left Ireland in the autumn of 1752 to study at the medical school in Edinburgh. Several of his relatives had agreed to support him in his pursuit of a medical degree following the death of his father, the Rev. Charles Goldsmith.1