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Who was Henry Fielding? Novelist. Date and Place of Birth: 22nd April 1707, Sharpham Park, Somerset, England. Family Background: By tradition the family could be traced back to the Habsburgs. Father, Colonel Edward Fielding had served under John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough. His mother was the daughter of a judge and inherited substantial property. Education: Eton College. Chronology: Written Works: 1728: “Love in Several Masques”. 1730: “The Author's Farce”. “Tom Thumb”. 1732: “The Modern Husband”. 1733: “The Miser, taken from Plautus and Moliere”. 1736: “Pasquin”. 1741: “Shamela”. 1742: “Joseph Andrews”. 1743: “Miscellanies”. 1749: “The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling”. 1750: “The Intriguing Chambermaid”. 1751: “Amelia, An Enquiry into the Cause of the Late Increase in Robbers”. 1755: “Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon”. Marriage: 1. 1734 to Charlotte Craddock (died 1744). 2. 1747 to Mary Daniel, his former wife's maid, which was to prove very controversial in society. Places of Interest: AVON: Lived in Twerton and stayed wioth his Sister in Widcombe, Bath Date and Place of Death: 8th October 1754, Lisbon, Portugal. Age at Death: 46. Site of Grave: English Cemetery, Lisbon, Portugal.