Chronology 3
1689- Samuel Richardson was born in this year in Derbyshire and is tha son of a London joiner.
1707 He was apprenticed to a printer in London.
1720 He set up his own shop as a stationer and printer and became one of the leading figures in the London trade.
1736-1737 Richardson published the newspaper Daily Journal.
1738 Samuel Richardson published another newspaper which is called Daily Gazeteer.
1740-1741 He publishes Pamela:or Virtue Rewarded.By May in the same year it reached a fourth edition and was dramatized in Italy by Goldoni,as well as in England.
1747-1748 Richardson published,also regarded today as his best work,Clarissa or,the History of a Young Lady.
1753-1754 He published his last novel,The History of Sir Charles Grandison.
1761 Samuel Richardson died and is buried in St. Bride's Church,London.
I have personally elaborated
this chronology of Samuel Richardson with information from http://www.umich.edu/~ece/student_projects/pamela_illustrated/richardson.htm
Date whe I used this page:05/11/2008