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.)
Samuel Johnson
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English writer and lexicographer (1709–1784)
| Born | 18 September 1709 |
| Died | 13 December 1784 |
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Samuel Johnson
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English writer and lexicographer (1709–1784)
| Born | 18 September 1709 |
| Died | 13 December 1784 |
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Early works to 1800, Biography, English language, English Poets, English poetry, Dictionaries, History and criticism, Johnson, samuel, 1709-1784, Description and travel, English Authors, Politics and government, Criticism and interpretation, Correspondence, English literature, Poetry, Quotations, History, Travel, Fiction, Literature, Princes, Authors, correspondence, English essays, Anglais (Langue), Authors, englishPlaces
Great Britain, Hebrides (Scotland), England, Scotland, United States, Hebrides, Ethiopia, America, North Wales, London, Falkland Islands, London (England), Araby, Araby bazaar, North Richmond Street, Abbysinia, Abessinia, Campbelltown, Campbelltown (Scotland), Egypt, France, Great Britain. [from old catalog], Greenland, Highlands (Scotland), IrelandPeople
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784), William Shakespeare (1564-1616), John Milton (1608-1674), Alexander Pope (1688-1744), John Dryden (1631-1700), James Boswell (1740-1795), Joseph Addison (1672-1719), Hester Lynch Piozzi (1741-1821), Juvenal, Richard Savage (1696 or 7-1743), Richard Savage (d. 1743), Jonathan Swift (1667-1745), Robert Blake (1599-1657), Richard Savage (-1743), William Dodd (1729-1777), Edward Harley Oxford Earl of (1689-1741), Robert Walpole Earl of Orford (1676-1745), Thomas Gray (1716-1771), Abraham Cowley (1618-1667), Edmund Waller (1605-1687), Francis Drake Sir (1540?-1596), Frederick II King of Prussia (1712-1786), Mangan's sister, Mehmed II Sultan of the Turks (1432-1481), Richard SavageTime
18th century, Early modern, 1500-1700, 1775-1783, 1727-1760, 1760-1789, 17th century, Revolution, 1775-1783, 1500-1700 (Moderne), 1738, 1750-1752, 1775-1783 (Révolution), 18e siècle, 18th century genre of imitation, 1912, 1960-, 19th century, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, Early modern (1500-1700), To 1775ID Numbers
- OLID: OL21070A
- ISNI: 0000000121193137
- VIAF: 7406725
- Wikidata: Q183266
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q183266
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- Dr Johnson
- Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784.
- JOHNSON, SAMUEL, 1709-1784.
- Samuel] [Johnson
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- Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 ***NOTE: THIS IS A "PRINT ON DEMAND" VERSION FROM THE ORIGINAL BOOK***
- Samuel 1709-1784 Johnson
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