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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: course of lectures on the English law: delivered at the University of Oxford 1767-1773

    First published in 1986 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The Beauties Of Johnson, Consisting Of Maxims And Observations: Moral, Critical And Miscellaneous

    First published in 2007 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Johnson's Lives Of The British Poets V1

    First published in 2007 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Johnson's Lives of the Poets, Volume 1

    First published in 2006 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Johnson's Lives of the Poets, Volume 2

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  • Cover of: Letters Of Samuel Johnson V1: Oct. 30, 1731-Dec. 21, 1776

    First published in 2007 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Lives Of Dryden And Pope

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  • Cover of: Lives of the Poets (Addison, Savage, Swift)

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  • Cover of: Lives of the Poets, Volume vii

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  • Cover of: The new London letter writer: containing "The compleat art of corresponding with ease, elegance, and perspicuity as is now practised by all persons of respectability"

    First published in 1948 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Notes to Shakespeare Volume III: The Tragedies

    First published in 2007 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Preface To A Dictionary Of The English Language

    First published in 2004 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Samuel Johnson: The Yale Anthology of His Prose and Poetry

    First published in 2002 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Two Great Teachers: Johnson's Memoir Of Roger Ascham And Thomas Arnold

    First published in 2007 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Wit And Wisdom Of Samuel Johnson

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  • Cover of: The Works of Samuel Johnson: V5

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  • Cover of: The Works of Samuel Johnson, V7

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  • Cover of: The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 05: Miscellaneous Pieces

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  • Cover of: The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 10

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  • Cover of: The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 11 (Large Print 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, English poetry, Dictionaries, English Poets, History and criticism, Johnson, samuel, 1709-1784, Description and travel, English Authors, Politics and government, Criticism and interpretation, Correspondence, Poetry, Quotations, History, Travel, English literature, Fiction, Literature, Princes, Authors, correspondence, English essays, Anglais (Langue), Authors, english

Places

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

People

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784), William Shakespeare (1564-1616), John Milton (1608-1674), Alexander Pope (1688-1744), John Dryden (1631-1700), James Boswell (1740-1795), Joseph Addison (1672-1719), Hester Lynch Piozzi (1741-1821), Juvenal, Richard Savage (1696 or 7-1743), Richard Savage (d. 1743), Jonathan Swift (1667-1745), Robert Blake (1599-1657), Richard Savage (-1743), William Dodd (1729-1777), Edward Harley Oxford Earl of (1689-1741), Robert Walpole Earl of Orford (1676-1745), Thomas Gray (1716-1771), Abraham Cowley (1618-1667), Edmund Waller (1605-1687), Francis Drake Sir (1540?-1596), Frederick II King of Prussia (1712-1786), Mangan's sister, Mehmed II Sultan of the Turks (1432-1481), Richard Savage

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-, 19th century, 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