“He walks as if he had fouled his small-clothes, and looks as if he smelt it.”
About Christopher Smart
11 April 1722–21 May 1770
Christopher Smart was born on 11 April 1722 at Fairlawne, the estate near Shipbourne in Kent where his father, Peter Smart, worked as steward to the Vane family. He died on 21 May 1771, not 1770 as has sometimes been reported, in London after a life marked by extraordinary accomplishment, recurrent distress, financial…