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.)
Samuel Johnson
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English writer and lexicographer (1709–1784)
| Born | 18 September 1709 |
| Died | 13 December 1784 |
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Samuel Johnson
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English writer and lexicographer (1709–1784)
| Born | 18 September 1709 |
| Died | 13 December 1784 |
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Early works to 1800, Biography, English language, English poetry, English Poets, Dictionaries, History and criticism, Johnson, samuel, 1709-1784, Description and travel, English Authors, Politics and government, Criticism and interpretation, Poetry, Correspondence, English literature, Quotations, Fiction, Travel, History, Princes, Literature, Authors, correspondence, English essays, Bibliography, DramaPlaces
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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), Richard Savage (-1743), Robert Blake (1599-1657), 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 SavageTime
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- OLID: OL21070A
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- ISNI: 0000000121193137
- Integrated Authority File (GND): 118558161
- Library of Congress Names: n78095825
- LibriVox: 867
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- Project Gutenberg: 297
- SBN/ICCU (National Library Service of Italy): CFIV000951
- VIAF: 7406725
- Wikidata: Q183266
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