Laurence Sterne
Born in Conmel, TipperaryBorn on 24th of November 1713
Died in London
Died on 18th of March 1768
Born 1713 . Died 1768 - London Irish novelist
Son of an impoverished infantry ensign. Educated at Jesus College, Cambridge. Ordained in 1738. In 1759 the first two volumes of The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy were published and well received, further volumes appeared. Lived mostly in France and Italy. Returned to London where he died of pleurisy.
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From Mark Andrew Halifax on 24th November 2009
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The family name remains here at Sterne Mills, on the River Calder, near the foot of Wood Hall Lane and the historic Sterne family house ' Woodhall '
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