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Goldsmith, Oliver (1730 - 1774)

Index to poems

  1. The Deserted Village, A Poem
  2. An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog
  3. Retaliation: A Poem
  4. The Traveller; or, A Prospect of Society
  5. When Lovely Woman Stoops to Folly
Given Name: 
Oliver
Family Name: 
Goldsmith
Birth Date: 
December 10, 1730
Death Date: 
May 4, 1774
Nationality: 
Irish
Family Relations: 
father : Charles Goldsmith
mother : Ann Goldsmith
sister : Margaret Goldsmith
sister : Catherine Hodson
brother : Henry Goldsmith
sister : Jane Goldsmith
brother : Maurice Goldsmith
brother : Charles Goldsmith
brother : John Goldsmith

Education

Spoken Languages: 
English

Occupations

Literary Period: 
Age of Johnson
Literary Movement: 
Unknown

Illness

Buried At: 
Temple Church; monument in Westminster Abbey
First RPO Edition: 
1994-2001