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December 13, 1784 (75 years old)
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Virgo
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Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson MA LLD, more commonly known as Dr. Johnson, is an English writer who has made lasting contributions to British literature as a poet, playwright, essayist, ethicist. academic, literary critic, biographer, editor, and dictionary writer. Religiously, he was a staunch Anglican and a politically committed Conservative. The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography describes Johnson as "arguably the best man in English history". He is the subject of The Life of Samuel Johnson by James Boswell, described by Walter Jackson Bate as "the most famous unique biographical work in all of literature." Born in Lichfield, Staffordshire, Johnson attended Pembroke College, Oxford for just over a year, but lack of money forced him to leave. After working as a teacher he moved to London, where he started writing for Gentleman's Magazine. His early works included the biography of the life of Mr. Richard Savage, the poems London and The Vanity of Human Wishes, and the play Irene.
BornSeptember 18, 1709, (OS 7 September), Lichfield, Staffordshire, England
DiedDecember 13, 1784, London, England
Resting placeWestminster Abbey
OccupationPoet, Playwright, Essayist, Moralist, Literary Critic, Biographer, Editor, Lexicographer

About Samuel Johnson

Non-Fiction Author Samuel Johnson was born on September 18, 1709 in England (He dies at the age of 75, on December 13, 1784).

This important eighteenth-century English writer is remembered for his biographies, literary criticism, essays, reference works, and poems, but he is best known for his 1755 work A Dictionary of the English Language and his 1765 annotated version of The Plays of William Shakespeare.

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Samuel Johnson before becoming famous

Samuel Johnson was born in the Zodiac sign Virgo (The Maiden), and 1709 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Ox (牛).

After a brief stint at Pembroke College, Oxford, he began writing for The Gentleman's Magazine, a London weekly. Among his early literary works were the drama Irene and the biographical book Life of Mr. Richard Savage.

Achievement of Samuel Johnson

Because of his well-documented range of physiological tics, modern experts believe the writer had Tourette syndrome.

Samuel Johnson's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

He grew up in Lichfield, Staffordshire, England, as the son of publisher Michael Johnson and Sarah Ford. In 1735, he married Elizabeth"Tetty" Jervis Porter, a widow 20 years his senior.

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A well-known biography of Non-Fiction Author Samuel Johnson is The Life of Non-Fiction Author Samuel Johnson, written in 1791 by Scottish author Novelist James Boswell.

James Boswell (1740 - 1795) (Novelist)
James Boswell (1740 - 1795)

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Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784) (Non-Fiction Author)
Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)

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Samuel Johnson Income & Net worth

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