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Samuel Johnson

Samuel Johnson, was an English author who made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer. Johnson was a devout Anglican and committed Tory, and has been described as "arguably the most distinguished man of letters in English history".[1] He is also the subject of "the most famous single work of biographical art in the whole of literature": James Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson.[2] (Source.)

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English writer and lexicographer (1709–1784)

Born 18 September 1709
Died 13 December 1784

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  • Cover of: The idler

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  • Cover of: Samuel Johnson

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  • Cover of: Johnson on Shakespeare: essays and notes

    First published in 1908 — 27 editions
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  • Cover of: The Works of Samuel Johnson

    First published in 2001 — 25 editions
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  • Cover of: The works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

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  • Cover of: Works of Samuel Johnson, Ll. d: A Dissertation upon the Greek Comedy. Dedications. Preface to Payne's Tables of Interest. Adventurer. History of Rasselas

    First published in 2015 — 23 editions
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  • Cover of: Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia

    First published in 2018 — 22 editions
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  • Cover of: Lives of the Poets

    First published in 1919 — 22 editions
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  • Cover of: [The works of Samuel Johnson]

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  • Cover of: The works of Samuel Johnson

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  • Cover of: The adventurer.

    First published in 1754 — 11 editions
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  • Cover of: The beauties of Johnson: consisting of maxims and observations, moral, critical and miscellaneous,accurately extracted from the works of Dr. Samuel Johnson, and arranged in alphabetical order, after the manner of the Duke de la Roche Foucault's 'Maxims'.

    First published in 1781 — 11 editions
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  • Cover of: Lives of the English Poets: Waller, Milton, Cowley

    First published in 1779 — 10 editions
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  • Cover of: Prose and poetry

    First published in 1922 — 10 editions
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  • Cover of: THE YALE EDITION OF THE WORKS.

    First published in 1958 — 10 editions
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  • Cover of: Preface to Shakespeare

    First published in 2004 — 9 editions
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  • Cover of: The critical opinions of Samuel Johnson.

    First published in 1926 — 9 editions
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  • Cover of: Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia

    First published in 2020 — 8 editions
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  • Cover of: Johnson's Juvenal: London and The vanity of human wishes

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English writer and lexicographer (1709–1784)

Born 18 September 1709
Died 13 December 1784

Subjects

Early works to 1800, Johnson, samuel, 1709-1784, English language, Biography, History and criticism, Dictionaries, English Poets, English poetry, Criticism and interpretation, Description and travel, English Authors, Politics and government, Authors, correspondence, Literature, Quotations, Correspondence, English Quotations, Fiction, History, Poetry, English literature, Princes, Bibliography, Authors, english, Criticism

Places

Great Britain, Hebrides (Scotland), England, United States, North Wales, Ethiopia, Scotland, America, Falkland Islands, Hebrides, London (England), Egypt, Great Britain. [from old catalog], Greenland, Ireland, London, Spain, Wales, États-Unis

People

William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Samuel Johnson (1709-1784), Alexander Pope (1688-1744), John Dryden (1631-1700), John Milton (1608-1674), Hester Lynch Piozzi (1741-1821), James Boswell (1740-1795), Joseph Addison (1672-1719), Jonathan Swift (1667-1745), Richard Savage (d. 1743), Thomas Gray (1716-1771), Juvenal, Richard Savage (1696 or 7-1743), Robert Blake (1599-1657), Edward Harley Oxford Earl of (1689-1741), Francis Drake Sir (1540?-1596), Richard Savage (-1743), Robert Walpole Earl of Orford (1676-1745), Elizabeth (Clarke) Foster (d. 1754), Elizabeth Clarke Foster (d. 1754), Elizabeth Jarvis Porter Johnson (1689-1752), Francis Drake Sir (-1637), George III King of Great Britain (1738-1820), Herman W. Liebert, Hester Maria (Thrale) Elphinstone Keith viscountess (1764-1857)

Time

18th century, Early modern, 1500-1700, 1775-1783, 1727-1760, 1760-1789, Revolution, 1775-1783, 1738, 1775-1783 (Révolution), 18th century genre of imitation, To 1775

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Alternative names

  • Dr Johnson
  • Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784.
  • JOHNSON, SAMUEL, 1709-1784.
  • Samuel] [Johnson
  • Samuel, Johnson
  • Samuel JOHNSON
  • Samuel Johnson LL D
  • Samuel Johnson 1709-1784
  • Samuel Johnson
  • Samuel 1709-1784 Works of Johnson
  • (ying) Yue, Hansheng (Johnson, Samuel
  • Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 ***NOTE: THIS IS A "PRINT ON DEMAND" VERSION FROM THE ORIGINAL BOOK***
  • Samuel 1709-1784 Johnson

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September 3, 2023 Edited by David Scotson Edited without comment.
September 3, 2023 Edited by David Scotson Added new photo
July 24, 2023 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
January 25, 2021 Edited by LeadSongDog merge authors
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import