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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

    First published in 1826 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: A dictionary of the English language

    First published in 1850 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Johnson's dictionary of the English language, in miniature

    First published in 1810 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Tavrkh Rsselas shahzdah abash k

    First published in 1839 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: A dictionary of the English language: in which the words are deduced from their origin 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

    First published in 1820 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Abridgment of Johnson's Dictionary

    First published in 1851 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Works, with Murphy's essays: Edited by Robert Lynam

    First published in 1825 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The world displayed, or, A curious collection of voyages and travels

    First published in 1795 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: An Answer to a pamphlet entitled Taxation no tyranny: addressed to the author, and to persons in power

    First published in 1775 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: English dictionary

    First published in 1828 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Diary of a tour in North Wales, in the year 1774

    First published in 1817 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Selected works: The Portable Johnson and Boswell

    First published in 1965 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Johnson's dictionary, abridged for the use of schools: with the addition of Walker's pronunciation; an abstract of his principles of English pronunciation, with questions; a vocabulary of Greek, Latin, and scripture proper names, &c. &c. &c

    First published in 1854 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: An account of the life of Dr. Samuel Johnson from his birth to his eleventh year

    First published in 1805 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The beauties of Samuel Johnson, consisting of maxims and observations, moral, critical, and miscellaneous to which are now added, biographical anecdotes of the doctor, selected from the works of Mrs. Piozzi: his life, recently published by Boswell, and other authentic testimonies, also his will, and the sermon he wrote for the late Doctor Dodd.

    First published in 1792 1 edition — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Dr Johnson & Mrs Thrale's tour in North Wales 1774

    First published in 1995 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Dr. Johnson's critical vocabulary: a selection from his dictionary

    First published in 1986 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Dr. Johnson's Works.

    First published in 1970 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Drury-Lane prologue

    First published in 1924 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Johnson on Savage: an account of the life of Mr. Richard Savage, son of the Earl Rivers

    First published in 2005 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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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 Authors, English Poets, History and criticism, Criticism and interpretation, Description and travel, English poetry, History, Authors, english, English literature, Literature, Poetry, Politics and government, Travel, Correspondence, Criticism, Fiction, Poetry (poetic works by one author), Quotations, Anglais (Langue), 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), John Milton (1608-1674), William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Alexander Pope (1688-1744), John Dryden (1631-1700), Jonathan Swift (1667-1745), Joseph Addison (1672-1719), Richard Savage (d. 1743), Thomas Gray (1716-1771), 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), 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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