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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- OLID: OL21070A
- BookBrainz: 6f62bdaa-ae6f-4153-8b49-a211a7206f74
- GoodReads: 22191
- ISNI: 0000000121193137
- Integrated Authority File (GND): 118558161
- Library of Congress Names: n78095825
- LibriVox: 867
- MusicBrainz: ba7df019-58d4-45b6-8454-fb8f0e9d71ed
- Project Gutenberg: 297
- SBN/ICCU (National Library Service of Italy): CFIV000951
- VIAF: 7406725
- Wikidata: Q183266
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