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Samuel Richardson was an English writer, novelist, and book printer who lived from 1689 to 1761. Born in Mackworth, Derbyshire, he was a citizen of the Kingdom of England and later the Kingdom of Great Britain. Richardson wrote in English and is associated with the Sentimentalism genre. His notable works include *Clarissa Harlowe*, *The history of Pamela, or, Virtue rewarded*, and *Letters angloises, ou Histoire de Miss Clarisse Harlove*.
Richardson was a male who practiced vegetarianism and adhered to Anglicanism. He died in London and was buried at St Bride's Church in the City of London. His literary output has been documented in various sources, including the *Encyclopædia Britannica* 11th edition and the *Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia*.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 19 August 1689
- Died
- 4 July 1761
- Works
- 264
Top works
- Clarissa Harlowe
- The history of Pamela, or, Virtue rewarded
- The novels of Samuel Richardson
- Letters and passages restored from the original manuscripts of the History of Clarissa
- Historia del caballero Cárlos Grandison, escrita en ingles por Samuel Richardson ... y puesta en castellano por E.T.D.T. ...
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 42
- Total plays
- 884
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
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· 2010 · cited 23,585x
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· 2019 · cited 20,908x
- Radiotherapy plus Concomitant and Adjuvant Temozolomide for Glioblastoma
· 2005 · cited 18,740x
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,623x
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Quotes
- “O! what a Godlike Power is that of doing Good! — I envy the Rich and the Great for nothing else!”
- “My Master said, on another Occasion, that those who doubt most, always erred least.”
- “That dangerous but too commonly received notion, that a reformed rake makes the best husband.”
- “The person who will bear much shall have much to bear, all the world through.”
- “The pleasures of the mighty are obtained by the tears of the poor.”
- “I am forced, as I have often said, to try to make myself laugh, that I may not cry: for one or other I must do.”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
Works in European collections
35 objects attributed to Samuel Richardson, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Clarissa
Clarissa
Clarissa
Clarissa
Clarissa
Clarissa
Clarissa
Clarissa
Historia del caballero Cárlos Grandison
Historia del caballero Cárlos Grandison
Clarissa or, The history of a young lady .. vol. II
Clarissa or, The history of a young lady.. vol. VIII
Clara Harlowe novel
Clarissa or, The history of a young lady .. vol. V
Pamela, ou La vertu récompensée traduit de l'anglois : troisiéme partie
Pamela, ou La vertu récompensée traduit de l'anglois : quatriéme partie
Nouvelles lettres angloises ou Histoire du chevalier Grandisson
Nouvelles lettres angloises ou Histoire du chevalier Grandisson
Nouvelles lettres angloises ou Histoire du chevalier Grandisson
Nouvelles lettres angloises ou Histoire du chevalier Grandisson
Nouvelles lettres angloises ou Histoire du chevalier Grandisson
Nouvelles lettres angloises ou Histoire du chevalier Grandisson
Clarissa or, The history of a young lady.. vol. VII
Clara Harlowe novel
Clara Harlowe novel
Clara Harlowe novel
Clara Harlowe novel
Clara Harlowe novel
Historia del caballero Carlos Grandison
Clara Harlowe novel
Clara Harlowe novel
Clara Harlowe novel
Clara Harlowe novel
Clara Harlowe novel
Clara Harlowe novel
~39 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Samuel Richardson (baptised 19 August 1689 – 4 July 1761) was an English writer and printer known for three epistolary novels: Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded (1740), Clarissa; or, The History of a Young Lady (1748) and The History of Sir Charles Grandison (1753). He printed almost 500 works, including journals and magazines, working periodically with the London bookseller Andrew Millar.
Richardson had been apprenticed to the printer John Wilde, whose daughter Martha he eventually married. All six of their children died in infancy or childbirth, with Martha herself dying in childbirth in 1731. In 1733, he married Elizabeth Leake, daughter of printer John Leake. Together they had six more children, of whom four daughters reached adulthood.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Samuel Richardson” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.