Surname: Fielding Forename(s): Henry b. 22 April 1707. d. 8 October 1754. Nationality: English. VIAF.
Poet and playwright. Born in Sharpham Park, Somerset. Son of Colonel Edmund Fielding
and Sarah Gould. Educated at Eton College and University of Lieden. Worked as a writer
and magistrate. Married Charlotte Cradock on 28 November 1734 and Mary Daniel on 27
November 1747. Author of a prolific amount of novels and plays, particularly well
known is The Tragedy of Tragedies: or the Life and Death of Tom Thumb the Great (1731). Biographical information: ODNB. (BGL)