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Events on Tuesday 21 May 1771 1
1722 – 1771Christopher Smart (1722-1771)Died 21 May 1771, aged 49Christopher Smart was an English poet known for the religious poem "A Song to David" and the posthumously published "Jubilate Agno." He suffered from mental illness and spent years confined to asylums and debtors prison. He died in a London debtors prison on 21 May 1771.