For he purrs in thankfulness, when God tells him he's a good Cat.
For he is an instrument for the children to learn benevolence upon.
        (Jubilate Agno, 32-33)

1. Jubilate Agno (excerpt)
2. A Song to David (excerpt)

Notes on Life and Works

• Williamson, Karina. "Smart, Christopher (1722–1771)." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Online ed. Ed. Lawrence Goldman. Oxford: OUP, 2004.

Biographical information

Given name: Christopher
Family name: Smart
Birth date: 17 April 1722
Death date: 20 May 1771
Nationality: English
Education
          Maidstone grammar school
          Durham School
          Pembroke College, Cambridge (B.A.): 1739 to 1747
Literary period: Augustan
Residences
          East Barming, near Maidstone
          Shipbourne, near MaidstoneKent: 1722
          London, England: 1749 to 1756
          St Luke's Hospital, London: 1757 to 1758
          Bethnal Green madhouse: 1760 to 1763
          Westminster, England: 1763 to 1771
Illness: Mental disease
Cause of death: Liver disease
Buried at: The Church of St Gregory by Paul, London