Memorial: M5116

Memorial in the Old English Cemetery, Livorno, Italy commemorating Tobias Smollett d. 1773

Location

Old English Cemetery, Via Giuseppe Verdi, Livorno, Italy, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Memoriae / Tobiae Smollett, / qui Liberni / animam efflavit, 16 Sept. 1773, quidam / ex suis valde amicis / civibus, / hunc tumulum /facerunt'[In memory of Tobias Smollett who died at Livorno on 16 September 1773. Someof the citizens who were his good friends erected this memorial.]

Details

Description: Obelisk on plinth surmounted by a ball and surrounded by railings.
Type: Obelisk
Materials: Stone

People

Smollett, Tobias
Age:
Date of Death: 16/9/1773
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Naval surgeon; writer
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Translation Silvia Bozzato.
Bibliography: G.G. Milner-Gibson Cullum; Francis Campbell MaCauley 'The inscriptions in the old British cemetery of Leghorn' (Leghorn, 1906) p.57.
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