Goldsmith
OLIVER, a he entered Trinity College, Dublin, English author; born in Pallas, Longford co., Ireland, Nov. 10, 1728. In 1745 famous OLIVER GOLDSMITH or scholastic talents, and becoming involved in some youthful irregularities, where he gave no indications of genius quitted the university, and led for some where he gave no indications of genius GOLD TOOLING college, he was graduated B. A. in 1749, after which he proceeded to Edinburgh and Leyden universities to study medicine. He set out on foot for a tour of the European continent, supplied with no other means than those afforded by his good spirits, and a favorite flute.
After taking his degree in medicine at Padua, he returned to England in 1756, where he commenced practice as a physician, in which he was unsuccessful.
He then entered the field of letters; and after passing a period of obscurity and privation as a "bookseller's hack," his first work to attract attention was an "Inquiry Into the Present State of Polite Learning in Europe" (1759). To this succeeded "The Citizen of the World," a "Life of Beau Nash," and a "History of England." Becoming acquainted with Dr. Johnson, in 1761, the latter introduced Goldsmith to the Literary Club. In 1764 appeared "The Traveler," which at once placed placed Goldsmith in the front rank of English authors. Two years afterward appeared the "Vicar of Wakefield." Following in rapid succession came "The Good-natured Man" (1767), "History of Rome" (1768), and his exquisite poem, "The Deserted Vil lage" (1769). In 1773, his immortal comedy of "She Stoops to Conquer" took the public by storm. His other works are "Grecian History" (1774), "Retaliation," a serio-comic poem (1774), and "History of Animated Nature," which he did not live to finish. He died in London April 4, 1774.