Smollett was born at Dalquhurn, now part of Renton in present-day West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, and baptised on 19 March 1721 (his birth date is estimated as 3 days previously). He was the fourth son of Archibald … 查看更多內容

Smollett attended Dumbarton Grammar School and then was educated at the University of Glasgow, where he studied medicine and … 查看更多內容

There is a monument to his memory beside Renton Primary School, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, on which there is a Latin inscription. The area around the monument was … 查看更多內容

Poetry
• 1746: Advice
• 1747: Reproof: A satire, a sequel to Advice
Minor poems 查看更多內容

Smollett's first published work in 1746, was a poem about the Battle of Culloden entitled "The Tears of Scotland", but it was The Adventures of Roderick Random, a semi-autobiogaphical story of a 'north Britain on the make' which made his name. His … 查看更多內容

Laurence Sterne, in his A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy, refers to Smollett under the nickname of Smelfungus, due to the snarling abuse Smollett heaped … 查看更多內容

The Expedition of Humphry Clinker was adapted for radio in three one-hour episodes in August 2008. It was dramatised by Yvonne Antrobus and starred Stuart McLoughlin as Clinker and Nigel Anthony as Matthew Bramble. 查看更多內容