Tobias Smollett was a Scottish satirical novelist, born on March 19, 1721, in Cardross, Dumbartonshire, Scotland, and died on September 17, 1771, near Livorno, Tuscany. Smollett seamlessly integrated his professions as a medical practitioner and a writer throughout his lifetime. The author is most renowned for his novels, particularly the picaresque works Roderick Random (1748), which vividly depicts British naval life, and Peregrine Pickle (1751), a satirical and brutal portrait of 18th-century society. Throughout his prolific publishing career, he engaged in various activities such as translating, authoring a comprehensive History of England (1757-58), overseeing publications like The Critical Review, and assembling a massive 58-volume Universal History. During the mid-1760s, he decided to withdraw from his activities and move to France due to his severe TB. In 1766, he released the book Travels Through France and Italy, which remains his sole nonfiction piece that continues to be widely read. Humphry Clinker (1771) is the most exceptional piece of his writing, characterised by its hilarious and epistolary nature.