Born in 1707, died in 1754; son of Gen. Edmund Fielding;
admitted to the bar in 1740; made a justice of the peace in
1748; chairman of Quarter Sessions in 1749; published
"Joseph Andrews" in 1742, "Tom Jones" in 1749, and "Amelia"
in 1751; among other works wrote many plays and "A Journal
of a Voyage to Lisbon," which was published in 1755, after
his death which occurred in Lisbon.
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