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Samuel Johnson
AuthorBooks · Second hand1709-1784
Samuel Johnson, often called Dr. Johnson, was an English writer and polymath who made lasting contributions as a poet, playwright, essayist, moralist, literary critic, sermonist, biographer, editor, and lexicographer. The work for which he is best known is his 42,733-entry Dictionary of the English Language (1755). For this and other contributions in and to the English language, the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography has called him "arguably the most distinguished man of letters in English history".
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About Samuel Johnson
Birth
1709
Death
1784
First book
1755
Years writing
271
Samuel Johnson, often called Dr. Johnson, was an English writer and polymath who made lasting contributions as a poet, playwright, essayist, moralist, literary critic, sermonist, biographer, editor, and lexicographer. The work for which he is best known is his 42,733-entry Dictionary of the English Language (1755). For this and other contributions in and to the English language, the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography has called him "arguably the most distinguished man of letters in English history".
Samuel Johnson was a multifaceted figure who excelled as a lexicographer, poet, and literary critic.
His most famous work, A Dictionary of the English Language, marked a fundamental milestone in the history of linguistics.
Born in Lichfield in 1709, Johnson became one of the most influential intellectuals of the Kingdom of Great Britain.
Throughout his prolific career, he wrote over 650 works ranging from biography to historical criticism.
His legacy endures through his essays and his profound analyses of British poetry and literature.
