Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson (18 September 1709 – 13 December 1784), often called Dr Johnson, was an English writer who made lasting contributions as a poet, playwright, essayist, moralist, literary critic, sermonist, biographer, editor, and lexicographer. The ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' calls him "arguably the most distinguished man of letters in English history".Born in Lichfield, Staffordshire, he attended Pembroke College, Oxford, until lack of funds forced him to leave. After working as a teacher, he moved to London and began writing for ''The Gentleman's Magazine''. Early works include ''Life of Mr Richard Savage'', the poems ''London'' and ''The Vanity of Human Wishes'' and the play ''Irene''. After nine years' effort, Johnson's ''A Dictionary of the English Language'' appeared in 1755, and was acclaimed as "one of the greatest single achievements of scholarship". Later work included essays, an annotated ''The Plays of William Shakespeare'', and the apologue ''The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia''. In 1763 he befriended James Boswell, with whom he travelled to Scotland, as Johnson described in ''A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland''. Near the end of his life came a massive, influential ''Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets'' of the 17th and 18th centuries.
Dr Johnson was a devout Anglican, and a committed Tory. Tall and robust, he displayed gestures and tics that disconcerted some on meeting him. Boswell's ''Life of Samuel Johnson'', along with other biographies, documented Johnson's behaviour and mannerisms in such detail that they have informed the posthumous diagnosis of Tourette syndrome, a condition not defined or diagnosed in the 18th century. After several illnesses, he died on the evening of 13 December 1784 and was buried in Westminster Abbey.
In his later life Johnson became a celebrity, and following his death he was increasingly seen to have had a lasting effect on literary criticism, even being claimed to be the one truly great critic of English literature. A prevailing mode of literary theory in the 20th century drew from his views, and he had a lasting impact on biography. Johnson's ''Dictionary'' had far-reaching effects on Modern English, and was pre-eminent until the arrival of the ''Oxford English Dictionary'' 150 years later. Boswell's ''Life'' was selected by Johnson biographer Walter Jackson Bate as "the most famous single work of biographical art in the whole of literature". Provided by Wikipedia
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Published 1981
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Published 1967
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Published 1968
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Published 1963
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Published 1975
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Published 1992
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Published 1775
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Published 1988
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by Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784
Published 1889
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by Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784
Published 1949
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by Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784
Published 1974
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Published 2005
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by Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784
Published 1924
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by Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784
Published 1948
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by Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784
Published 1903
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Published 1948
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