Tobias George Smollett

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:playwright
gptkb:historians
gptkb:Novelist
gptkbp:associated_with The Monthly Review
The Critical Review
gptkbp:birth_date 1721-03-19
gptkbp:burial_place gptkb:St._Pancras_Old_Church
gptkbp:children gptkb:Elizabeth_Smollett
gptkb:Tobias_Smollett
gptkbp:contribution Critique of contemporary society
Character development in literature
Developed the picaresque novel
gptkbp:death_date 1771-09-17
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Glasgow
gptkbp:famous_for gptkb:travel_literature
satirical writing
pioneering the novel form
gptkbp:genre gptkb:satire
gptkb:historical_fiction
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Tobias George Smollett
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Henry_Fielding
gptkb:Charles_Dickens
gptkb:James_Boswell
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Daniel_Defoe
gptkb:Jonathan_Swift
gptkb:Laurence_Sterne
gptkbp:language gptkb:Scots
English
gptkbp:nationality Scottish
gptkbp:notable_work gptkb:The_Life_and_Opinions_of_Tristram_Shandy,_Gentleman
gptkb:The_History_of_Scotland
gptkb:The_Expedition_of_Humphry_Clinker
gptkb:The_Adventures_of_Roderick_Random
gptkb:The_Adventures_of_Peregrine_Pickle
gptkb:The_Regicide
The History of England
The History of the Life and Adventures of Mr. Anderson
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:Writer
gptkb:editor
gptkbp:place_of_birth gptkb:Dumfries,_Scotland
gptkbp:place_of_death gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Anne_Smollett
gptkbp:work_period 1740
1771
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Tobias_Smollett_Jr.
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6