Goldsmith, Oliver

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Basic data

  1. November 10, 1728 in Elphin, Roscommon (Irland)
  2. April 4, 1774 in London
  3. Schriftsteller, Arzt
  4. Leiden, London

Iconography

Portrait 1769–70 by Joshua Reynolds (Source: Wikimedia)
Goldsmith's family home in Auburn, Kilkenny, Dublin Penny Journal, 1834 (Source: Wikimedia)
A literary party at Sir Joshua Reynolds's.[3] Left to right: James Boswell, Samuel Johnson, Joshua Reynolds, David Garrick, Edmund Burke, Pasquale Paoli, Charles Burney, a servant (possibly Francis Barber), Thomas Warton, Oliver Goldsmith. (select a detail of the image for more information) (Source: Wikimedia)
A plaque to Oliver Goldsmith at the Temple Church in London, where he was buried. (Source: Wikimedia)
A statue of Goldsmith at Trinity College, Dublin (Source: Wikimedia)
Bildnis des Goldsmith, Friedrich Fleischmann - 1818/1832 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Bildnis des Goldsmith, Friedrich Fleischmann - 1818/1832 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Bildnis des Oliver Goldsmith, Gottlob August Liebe - 1761/1819 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Bildnis des Goldsmith, Bock, Johann Carl - 1800 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Bildnis des Oliver Goldsmith, J. Butler - 1801/1850 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Bildnis des Oliver Goldsmith, William Ridley - 1806 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Bildnis des Oliver Goldsmith, Gottlob August Liebe - 1761/1819 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Bildnis des Oliver Goldsmith, Bock, Johann Carl - 1800 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Bildnis des Oliver Goldsmith, 1766/1803 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Bildnis des Oliver Goldsmith, um 1800 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)

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