1709–1784 · English writer and lexicographer
Samuel Johnson

Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) was an English writer and lexicographer.
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About Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) was an English writer and lexicographer. He was born in Lichfield and moved to London in 1737, where he died. He published A Dictionary of the English Language in 1755, Rasselas in 1759, and his edition of Shakespeare’s plays, with its preface, in 1765.
- Born
- 1709
- Died
- 1784
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