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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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Born 18 September 1709
Died 13 December 1784

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  • Cover of: Lives of eminent characters

    First published in 1812 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Samuel Johnson i 'Preface to Shakespeare' e altri scritti Shakespeariani

    First published in 1960 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The wisdom of the 'Rambler', 'Adventurer' and 'Idler'.

    First published in 1848 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The plan of a dictionary of the English language: addressed to the Right Honourable Philip Dormer, earl of Chesterfield.

    First published in 1747 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The Beauties of Johnson: Consisting of Maxims and Observations, Moral, Critical, & Miscellaneous ...

    First published in 1782 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: A dictionary of the English language. Abstracted from the folio ed., by the author. To which is ...

    First published in 1768 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from ...: ALL WORDS DICTIONARY

    First published in 1805 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Essays from the Rambler and the Idler, with Passages from the Lives of the Poets, Prayers and ...

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  • Cover of: Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language, in Miniature: With Many Additional Words from Todd ...

    First published in 1820 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The Lives of the English Poets: and a criticism on their works

    First published in 1795 — 1 edition
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    First published in 1759 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The Rambler: In Four Volumes. ...

    First published in 1767 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Select Essays

    First published in 1889 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Todd's Johnson's Dictionary of the English language, in miniature, by T. Rees

    First published in 1826 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: A dictionary of the English language in which the words are deduced from their originals, 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 1819 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Miscellaneous and fugitive pieces.: [A collection of pieces by Samuel Johnson and others. Edited by T. Davies]

    First published in 1774 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: 'Sir', said Dr. Johnson: some sayings

    First published in 1932 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: An Answer to a Pamphlet Entitled Taxation No Tyranny: Addressed to the Author, and to Persons in ...

    First published in 1775 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The Beauties of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Consisting of Maxims and Observations ...

    First published in 1804 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Book of Worship: Being Selections, Chiefly from the Psalms, for Alternate ...

    First published in 1866 — 1 edition
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Born 18 September 1709
Died 13 December 1784

Subjects

Early works to 1800, Biography, English language, Dictionaries, English Poets, English poetry, Johnson, samuel, 1709-1784, History and criticism, Description and travel, English Authors, Politics and government, Criticism and interpretation, Correspondence, Quotations, History, Travel, English literature, Fiction, Poetry, Authors, correspondence, Literature, Princes, Authors, english, Bibliography, English Quotations

Places

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

People

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784), William Shakespeare (1564-1616), John Milton (1608-1674), Alexander Pope (1688-1744), John Dryden (1631-1700), Joseph Addison (1672-1719), Jonathan Swift (1667-1745), Hester Lynch Piozzi (1741-1821), James Boswell (1740-1795), Richard Savage (1696 or 7-1743), Richard Savage (d. 1743), Thomas Gray (1716-1771), Juvenal, Robert Blake (1599-1657), Edward Harley Oxford Earl of (1689-1741), Richard Savage (-1743), Robert Walpole Earl of Orford (1676-1745), William Dodd (1729-1777), Abraham Cowley (1618-1667), Edmund Waller (1605-1687), Francis Drake Sir (1540?-1596), Mangan's sister, Mehmed II Sultan of the Turks (1432-1481), Richard Savage, Thomas Hanmer Sir (1677-1746)

Time

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-, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, Early modern (1500-1700), To 1775

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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