Oliver Goldsmith
Writer
Oliver Goldsmith (10 November 1728 – 4 April 1774) was an Anglo-Irish novelist, playwright and poet, who is best known for his novel The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), his pastoral poem The Deserted Village (1770), and his plays The Good-Natur'd Man (1768) and She Stoops to Conquer (1771, first performed in 1773). He also wrote An History of the Earth and Animated Nature. He is thought to have written the classic children's tale The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes, the source of the phrase "goody two-shoes".
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| Birth date | November 10, 1728 |
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| Birth place | County Longford , Ballymahon , Smith Hill (house) , County Roscommon , Elphin County Roscommon |
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| Date of death | April 04, 1774 |
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| Place of death | London , Kingdom of Great Britain , EnglandLondon |
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