WRITER

Tobias Smollett

1721 - 1771

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Tobias George Smollett (bapt. 19 March 1721 – 17 September 1771) was a Scottish writer and surgeon. He was best known for writing picaresque novels such as The Adventures of Roderick Random (1748), The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle (1751) and The Expedition of Humphry Clinker (1771), which influenced later generations of British novelists, including Charles Dickens. His novels were liberally altered by contemporary printers; an authoritative edition of each was edited by Dr O. M. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tobias Smollett has received more than 434,477 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Tobias Smollett is the 2,606th most popular writer (down from 2,234th in 2019), the 1,927th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,727th in 2019) and the 214th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 430k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.15

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Adventures of Roderick Random
Fiction, Sailors, Scots
1748
The adventures of Peregrine Pickle
1723
Travels through France and Italy
Description and travel, Early works to 1800, Travel
1766
Continuation of the Complete history of England
History, Accessible book
1757
Tarikhe auliya egujrat
Fiction, Travelers
intresting
1771
The expedition of Humphry Clinker
1813

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Tobias Smollett ranks 2,606 out of 7,302. Before him are Mariana Alcoforado, George Whitefield, Ubayd Zakani, Géza Gárdonyi, Paschasius Radbertus, and Banana Yoshimoto. After him are Mohammed Hussein Heikal, Sima Tan, Josef Jungmann, Gertrud von Le Fort, Georg Herwegh, and Ivan Mažuranić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1721, Tobias Smollett ranks 14. Before him are Johann Kirnberger, Countess Palatine Elisabeth Auguste of Sulzbach, Prince William, Duke of Cumberland, Anna Dorothea Therbusch, Abdulaziz bin Muhammad Al Saud, and Samuel von Brukenthal. After him are Frederick Christian I, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, Joseph de Guignes, Francesco Sabatini, Fredrik Henrik af Chapman, Roger Sherman, and William Robertson. Among people deceased in 1771, Tobias Smollett ranks 12. Before him are Henri Pitot, Louis-Michel van Loo, Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, Alexei Razumovsky, John Bevis, and Frederick William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt. After him are František Brixi, Thomas Gray, Johann Gottlieb Graun, Dmitry Laptev, William Fermor, and Augustus George, Margrave of Baden-Baden.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Tobias Smollett ranks 1,927 out of 8,785. Before him are Julian Lennon (1963), Colin Davis (1927), George Whitefield (1714), Cynric (450), John A. Macdonald (1815), and Eddie Irvine (1965). After him are Peter Yates (1929), Louisa Adams (1775), Richard Long (1945), John Gould (1804), June Whitfield (1925), and Adele (1988).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Tobias Smollett ranks 214. Before him are Ouida (1839), John Aubrey (1626), Arthur Young (1741), Penelope Fitzgerald (1916), Gerald Gardner (1884), and George Whitefield (1714). After him are John Wyndham (1903), Frederick Marryat (1792), Mary Astell (1666), Tom Sharpe (1928), Edith Pargeter (1913), and Herbert Read (1893).

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