caption death_date death_place influenced birth_place influences imagesize nationality notableworks birth_date spouse image article_title name occupation alma_mater
portrait of laurence sterne by joshua reynolds , 1760 18 march 1768 london , england calvino de assis , pynchon , virginia woolf , almeida garrett , , leo tolstoy , modern novel diderot , joyce , joaquim maria machado clonmel , county tipperary , ireland cervantes john locke , rabelais , lucian , robert burton , 200px irish '' gentleman '' '' a sentimental journey through france and italy the '' '' a political romance life and opinions of tristram shandy , 24 november 1713 elizabeth lumley laurence sterne by sir joshua reynolds.jpg laurence sterne
 laurence sterne novelist , clergyman jesus college , cambridge
laurence sterne

laurence sterne -lrb- 24 november 1713 -- 18 march 1768 -rrb- was an anglo-irish novelist and an anglican clergyman .
he is best known for his novels `` the life and opinions of tristram shandy , gentleman '' and `` a sentimental journey through france and italy '' ; but he also published many sermons , wrote memoirs , and was involved in local politics .
sterne died in london after years of fighting consumption .
