The Life of Samuel Johnson by James Boswell James Boswell (1740-1795) was a young, funloving, aristocratic, would-be man-abouttown when he came to London from his native Scotland in 1762. He soon became a compulsive writer, beginning a detailed journal...

Johnson, Samuel(1709–1784) Samuel Johnson, the English man of letters, poet, lexicographer, moralist, and humanist, was born in Lichfield, the son of an indigent bookseller. After his early education at Lichfield Grammar School, he tried...

(born Sept. 18, 1709, Lichfield, Staffordshire, Eng.—died Dec. 13, 1784, London) English critic, biographer, essayist, poet, and lexicographer, regarded as one of the greatest figures of 18th-century life and letters. Johnson once characterized...

(born Sept. 18, 1709, Lichfield, Staffordshire, Eng.—died Dec. 13, 1784, London) British man of letters, one of the outstanding figures of 18th-century England. The son of a poor bookseller, he briefly attended Oxford University. He moved to...

Samuel Johnson LL.D. MA (September 18 [O.S. September 7] 1709[1] – 13 December 1784), often referred to simply as Dr Johnson, is one of England's best known literary figures:[2] an essayist, biographer, lexicographer and a critic of English...