Oliver Goldsmith, Irish writer, poet, and physician mb-code 1238226 The Britsh Museum in Holborn

The Britsh Museum in Holborn was established in 1753

William Combes

to her right is a bust of Handel on a plinth

whilst conditions were appalling

British Conservative politician

Oliver Goldsmith, Irish writer, poet, and physician mb-code 1238226 The Britsh Museum in HolbornOliver Goldsmith, Irish writer, poet, and physician, (1912). Irish born British playwright, dramatist and novelist Goldsmith (1730 1774) is best remembered for the novel The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), the poem The Deserted Village (1770), and the play She Stoops to Conquer (1773). Illustration from Famous Houses and Literary Shrines of London, by John Adcock, (J M Dent and Sons, London, New York, 1912).