Christopher Smart
Christopher Smart was an English poet. He was a major contributor to two popular magazines, The Midwife and The Student, and a friend to influential cultural icons like Samuel Johnson and Henry Fielding. Smart, a high church Anglican, was widely known throughout London.
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- Born in
- Shipbourne
- Educated at
- Pembroke CollegeDurham SchoolMaidstone Grammar School
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1722
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