Oliver Goldsmith (February 9, 1728 - April 1, 1774) was an Irish novelist, playwright and poet, who is best known 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 to have written the classic children's tale The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes (1765). In 1744 Goldsmith went up to Trinity College, Dublin.
Oliver Goldsmith, Irish Author and Playwright
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