Goldsmith, Oliver

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• Goldsmith, Oliver — Goldsmith, Oliver, 1728 zu Pallas in der irländischen Grafschaft Longford geboren, der Sohn eines armen Landgeistlichen, studirte durch Unterstützung seiner Verwandten zu Edinburgh und Leyden, führte aber ein so unregelmäßiges Leben, daß, als er… …   Damen Conversations Lexikon

• Goldsmith, Oliver — born Nov. 10, 1730, Kilkenny West, County Westmeath, Ire. died April 4, 1774, London, Eng. Irish born British essayist, poet, novelist, and dramatist. Goldsmith attended Trinity College in Dublin before studying medicine in Edinburgh. Settling in …   Universalium

• Goldsmith, Oliver — (1728 1774)    Born in Ireland, the son of an Anglo Irish clergyman, he graduated from Trinity College, Dublin, in 1749. After studying medicine at Edinburgh, though he took no degree, and at Leiden, he wandered Europe and arrived in London in… …   British and Irish poets

• Goldsmith,Oliver — Gold·smith (gōldʹsmĭth ), Oliver. 1730? 1774. British writer whose literary reputation rests on his novel The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), the pastoral poem The Deserted Village (1770), and the dramatic comedy She Stoops to Conquer (1773). * * * …   Universalium

• GOLDSMITH, OLIVER —    English man of letters, born at Pallas or Pallasmore, co. Longford, Ireland, and celebrated in English literature as the author of the Vicar of Wakefield ; a born genius, but of careless ways, and could not be trained to any profession, either …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

• Goldsmith, Oliver — (1728 1774)    Poet, dramatist, and essayist, s. of an Irish clergyman, was b. at Pallasmore in Co. Longford. His early education was received at various schools at Elphin, Athlone, and Edgeworthstown. At the age of 8 he had a severe attack of… …   Short biographical dictionary of English literature

• Goldsmith — Goldsmith, Oliver …   Enciclopedia Universal

• Oliver Goldsmith — Oliver Goldsmith. Oliver Goldsmith (Kilkenny West, Irlanda, 10 de noviembre de 1730(?) – Londres, 4 de abril de 1774) fue un escritor y médico irlandés, conocido sobre todo por su novela El vicario de Wakefield (The Vicar of Wakefield) …   Wikipedia Español

• Goldsmith — (spr. gōldsmith), Oliver, engl. Dichter und Romanschriftsteller, geb. 10. Nov. 1728 im Dorfe Pallas in der irischen Grafschaft Longford, gest. 4. April 1774 in London, war der Sohn eines Geistlichen, der zwei Jahre später nach dem freundlichen… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

• Oliver — Oliver, Joan Oliver, Joe Oliver, Miguel de los Santos * * * (as used in expressions) Cromwell, Oliver Davis, Benjamin O(liver), Jr. Ellsworth, Oliver Evans, Oliver Goldsmith …   Enciclopedia Universal