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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: Johnson's chief lives of the poets: being those of Milton, Dryden, Swift, Addison, Pope, Gray, and Macaulay's life of Johnson
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    First published in 1878 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Essays from the Rambler and the Idler, with passages from the Lives of the poets, Prayers and meditations, and other writings
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    Cover of edition littlemasterpiec0002unse First published in 1901 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Johnson's Journey to the western islands of Scotland; and Boswell's Journal of a tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D
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    First published in 1924 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The reader's Johnson: A Representative Selection of His Writings
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    First published in 1977 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia

    First published in 2016 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Sir, said Dr. John: some sayings
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    First published in 1932 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The poems of Samuel Johnson
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    First published in 1962 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Prentice Hall: Literature: The British Tradition
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    First published in 2000 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: A dictionary of the English language: in which the words are deduced from their originals, and illustrated in their different significations by examples from the best writers : to which are prefixed, a history of the language, and an English grammar, Volume I
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    First published in 1785 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Johnson: Complete Plays
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    First published in 1953 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The Selected Writings of Samuel Johnson
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    First published in 1981 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: On Shakespeare
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    First published in 1969 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The Works of Samuel Johnson, Vol 14: Sermons
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    First published in 1978 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The Yale Edition of the Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume XVII: A Commentary on Mr. Pope's Principles of Morality, or Essay on Man
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    First published in 2004 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Thoughts on the late transactions respecting Falkland's Islands
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    First published in 1771 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The lives of the most eminent English poets: with critical observations on their works
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    First published in 1821 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The lives of the most eminent English poets: with critical observations on their works
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    First published in 1820 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Johnson's dictionary of the English language in miniature: to which are added, an alphabetical account of the heathen deities, a list of the cities, boroughs and market towns in England and Wales
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    First published in 1822 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: A dictionary of the English language
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    First published in 1850 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: A journey to the Western islands of Scotland
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    First published in 1817 — 1 edition
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English writer and lexicographer (1709–1784)

Born 18 September 1709
Died 13 December 1784

Subjects

Early works to 1800, Biography, English language, Johnson, samuel, 1709-1784, Dictionaries, English poetry, History and criticism, English Authors, Criticism and interpretation, Description and travel, English Poets, History, Anglais (Langue), Authors, english, Literature, Poetry, Politics and government, Travel, Correspondence, Criticism, English literature, Fiction, Poetry (poetic works by one author), Quotations, Authors, biography

Places

Great Britain, England, Hebrides (Scotland), North Wales, Araby, Araby bazaar, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands, London, North Richmond Street, Scotland, United States, Abbysinia, Abessinia, America, Great Britain. [from old catalog], Hebrides, Highlands (Scotland), London (England), Princes, Spain, Wales, Western Isles (Scotland), États-Unis

People

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784), William Shakespeare (1564-1616), John Milton (1608-1674), Alexander Pope (1688-1744), John Dryden (1631-1700), Jonathan Swift (1667-1745), Joseph Addison (1672-1719), Richard Savage (d. 1743), Richard Savage (1696 or 7-1743), Abraham Cowley (1618-1667), Edmund Waller (1605-1687), James Boswell (1740-1795), Juvenal, Mangan's sister, Robert Walpole Earl of Orford (1676-1745), Thomas Gray (1716-1771), Alfred Doolittle, Arabian prince, Colonel Pickering, Edward Harley Oxford Earl of (1689-1741), Eliza Doolittle, Elizabeth Jarvis Porter Johnson (1689-1752), Francis Drake Sir (1540?-1596), Freddy Eynsford Hill, Galatea

Time

18th century, Early modern, 1500-1700, 1760-1789, 1750-1752, 1775-1783, 1775-1783 (Révolution), 17th century, 1912, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, Early modern (1500-1700), Revolution, 1775-1783

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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