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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.)

English writer and lexicographer (1709–1784)

Born 18 September 1709
Died 13 December 1784

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English writer and lexicographer (1709–1784)

Born 18 September 1709
Died 13 December 1784

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