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Born November 10, 1730 • Ireland
Died April 4, 1774 (aged 43) • London • England
Notable Works “An Enquiry into the Present State of Polite Learning in Europe” • “She Stoops to Conquer” • “The Citizen of the World, or, Letters from a Chinese Philosopher” • “The Deserted Village” • “The Traveller” • “The Vicar of Wakefield”

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Oliver Goldsmith, oil painting from the studio of Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1770; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
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