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Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson.
Samuel Johnson
English author
Also known as: Dr. Johnson
Quick Facts
- Byname:
- Dr. Johnson
- Born:
- September 18, 1709, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England
- Died:
- December 13, 1784, London (aged 75)
- Founder:
- “The Rambler”
- Notable Works:
- “A Compleat Vindication of the Licensers of the Stage”
- “A Dictionary of the English Language”
- “An Account of the Life of Mr. Richard Savage, Son of the Earl Rivers”
- “Debates in the Senate of Magna Lilliputia”
- “Irene”
- “London”
- “Rasselas”
- “Taxation No Tyranny”
- “The False Alarm”
- “The Lives of the Poets”
- “The Patriot”
- “The Vanity of Human Wishes”
- “Thoughts on the Late Transactions Respecting Falkland’s Islands”
- Subjects Of Study:
- English literature
- poetry
Samuel Johnson (born September 18, 1709, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England—died December 13, 1784, London) was an English critic, biographer, essayist, poet, and lexicographer, regarded as one of the greatest figures of 18th-century life and letters. Johnson once characterized literary biographies as “mournful narratives,” and he believed that he lived “a life radically wretched.” Yet his career can be seen as a literary success story of the sickly boy from the Midlands who by talent, tenacity, and intelligence became the foremost literary figure and the most formidable conversationalist of his time. For future generations, Johnson was synonymous with the later 18th century ...(100 of 6940 words)