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Henry Fielding

Also known as Henri Fielding, Scriblerus Secundus, Conny Keyber, Alexander Drawcansir, John Trottplaid, Hercules Vinegar, Henri Filding, Lemuel Gulliver

English novelist and dramatist (1707–1754)

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Henry Fielding was an English novelist and dramatist who lived from 1707 to 1754 and is remembered as an important figure in the development of the novel as a literary form. His works, which included both plays and prose fiction, helped shape English literature during the 18th century.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 22 April 1707
Died: 8 October 1754
Works: 1317

Top works

The works of Henry Fielding
An old man taught wisdom: or, The virgin unmask'd
Plays from Molière
Um sechs Uhr ist Verlobung
The history of Tom Jones, a foundling

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Type: Person
Country: US
Active from: 1922-06-17
Active to: 1980-02-17

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 75
Total plays: 701

Henry Fielding (Sharpham, 22 April 1707 – near Lisbon, 8 October 1754) was an English novelist and dramatist known for his rich earthy humour and satirical prowess, and as the author of the novel Tom Jones. Aside from his literary achievements, he has a significant place in the history of law-enforcement, having founded (with his half-brother John) what some have called London's first police force, the Bow Street Runners, using his authority as a magistrate. His younger sister, Sarah, also becam

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

The empirical mode decomposition and the Hilbert spectrum for nonlinear and non-stationary time series analysis
· 1998 · cited 19,470x
Welcome to the Tidyverse
· 2019 · cited 19,320x
Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,320x
ROBINS-I: a tool for assessing risk of bias in non-randomised studies of interventions
· 2016 · cited 14,582x
Assessing the quality of reports of randomized clinical trials: Is blinding necessary?
· 1996 · cited 13,937x

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Quotes

“Money is the fruit of evil as often as the root of it.”
“Oons, sir! do you say that I am drunk? I say, sir, that I am as sober as a judge.”
“A crime, which, though perhaps not considered by law as the highest, is in truth and in fact, the blackest sin, which can contaminate the hands, or pollute the soul of man.”
“Oh, the roast beef of England,And old England's roast beef!”
“Much may be said on both sides.”
“Enough is equal to a feast.”

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Commons category: Henry Fielding
date of birth: 1707-00-00
date of death: 1754-00-00
Commons Creator page: Henry Fielding
start of work period: 1728-00-00
name in native language: Henry Fielding
P8168: Shizuka Arakawa
P12749: mushroom

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Works in European collections

36 objects attributed to Henry Fielding, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Article

Henry Fielding (22 April 1707 – 8 October 1754) was an English writer and judge known for the use of humour and satire in his works. His famous novels include Shamela (1741), Joseph Andrews (1742), The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling (1749) and Amelia (1751). Along with Samuel Richardson, Fielding is seen as the founder of the traditional English novel. As well as being a novelist, Fielding was also a playwright, known for his satirical comedies The Author's Farce (1730), Tom Thumb (1730), The Letter Writers (1731) and The Tragedy of Tragedies (1731). He also played an important role in the history of law enforcement in the United Kingdom, using his authority as a magistrate to found the Bow Street Runners, London's first professional police force.

Early life