Christopher Smart

Christopher Smart fascinates me as one of those eighteenth-century figures who lived entirely through language. He wrote hymns, children's literature, and worked the stage, all while running in the orbit of Samuel Johnson and Henry Fielding at the heart of London. The mischief of publishing under a female pseudonym only deepens my affection for him. More than 250 years on, what survives is the heat of a man who believed words could reshape the world. In an age before any megaphone but the printed page and a sharp tongue, he made the city talk. I have real reverence for talents like his.

Name (English)

Christopher Smart

Name (Japanese)

クリストファー・スマート

Reading

くりすとふぁー・すまーと

Born

April 11, 1722 – May 21, 1771

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Tiger

Origin

Shipbourne, United Kingdom

Occupation

writer / stage actor / composer / hymnwriter / children's writer

University

Pembroke College

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher%20Smart
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2617795

Tags

• writer
• stage actor
• composer

Last updated

2026-06-24

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.