Oliver Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith
Portrait 1769–70 by Joshua Reynolds
Born	(1728-11-10)10 November 1728 Either Ballymahon, County Longford, Kingdom of Ireland, or Elphin, County Roscommon, Kingdom of Ireland
Died	4 April 1774(1774-04-04) (aged 45) London, England
Resting place	Temple Church, London
Occupation	Playwright, poet, busker, apothecary's assistant
Language	English
Education	Trinity College, Dublin (B.A., 1749) University of Edinburgh (M.D., 1755)
Literary movement	The Club
Notable works	The Vicar of Wakefield "The Deserted Village" The Good-Natur'd Man She Stoops to Conquer
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Oliver Goldsmith (10 November 1728 – 4 April 1774) was a well-known Anglo-Irish novelist, playwright, dramatist and poet, noted 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 is thought by some to have written the classic children's tale The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes (1765).