61. Johnson, Samuel Samuel Johnson, LL.D. (September 7, 1709 – December 13, 1784), often referred to simply as Dr. Johnson, was an English poet, essayist, lexicographer, biographer, and iconic http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Samuel_Johnson

Johnson, Samuel From New World Encyclopedia Jump to: navigation search Previous (Samuel J. Tilden) Next (Samuel Richardson) Samuel Johnson circa 1772, painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Samuel Johnson, LL.D. (September 7, 1709 – December 13, 1784), often referred to simply as Dr. Johnson , was an English poet, essayist, lexicographer, biographer, and iconic literary critic. Although his literary output is relatively meager—he wrote only one novel, one play, and only a small volume of poems—his intellectual breadth and contributions as a public man of letters were so imposing that the late eighteenth century is often termed the Age of Johnson. Johnson, more than any other author in English up to his time, became a public figure of tremendous fame and influence; he was perhaps the first author-celebrity in the English-speaking world. His influence on the opinions not only of his fellow writers but on every intellectual in England and the colonies was perhaps only equaled a century later by Coleridge Johnson's hatred of slavery and the abuses of colonialism, his moral framework and notable acts of private charity, influenced later ethical novelists such as Jane Austen Charles Dickens and George Eliot . Scholar H. W. Donner has said that no critic since Aristotle "carried more weight" than Johnson; and Christian thinker and novelist

62. Euralex Bibliography Of Lexicography / Johnson, Samuel Allen, Harold B. (1977), ‘Reactions in Johnson’s Dictionary to some of Shakespeare’s vocabulary’ in Hobar, Donald (ed.) Papers of the Dictionary Society of North America http://euralex.pbworks.com/Johnson, Samuel

Euralex Bibliography of Lexicography log in help Get your own free workspace ... Wiki View Johnson, Samuel Page history last edited by PBworks 2 yrs ago Allen, Harold B. (1977), ‘Reactions in Johnson’s Dictionary to some of Shakespeare’s vocabulary’ in Hobar, Donald (ed.) Papers of the Dictionary Society of North America 1977. Terre Haute, Indiana: Indiana State University, 1-8 Atkinson, A. D. (1950), ‘Dr. Johnson and Science’, Notes and Quiries, CXCV, 338-341. Barnbrook, Geoff (2005) ‘Usage Notes in Johnson’s Dictionary ’, in: International Journal of Lexicography Vol. 18:189-201. Bate, W. Jackson (1975) Samuel Johnson Boulton, James T. (ed.) (1971), Johnson: Critical Heritage (the Critical Heritage Seriese, vol. 68) London: Routledge and Kegan Paul. Clifford, James L. (1979) Dictionary Johnson: Samuel Johnson's Middle Years . New York: McGraw Hill. DeMaria, Robert, Jr. (1986), Johnson’s ‘Dictionary’ and the Language of Learning. Oxford: Clarendon Press. Downes, Rackstraw (1962), ‘Johnson’s theory of language’, Review of English Literature

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64. Johnson, Samuel Biography - S9.com 1709 – He was born on the 18th day of September this year in Market Square Lichfield, England. 1728 – A few weeks after he turned nineteen, he entered Pembroke College http://www.s9.com/Biography/Johnson-Samuel

Welcome, guest! ~ Login Register Home Browse ... Challenge Quick Search: S9.com Biographies Johnson, Samuel Born: 1709 AD Died: 1784 AD, at 75 years of age. Nationality: English Categories: Biographers Essayists Lexicographer Poets 1734 – At age twenty-five, he married Elizabeth "Tetty" Porter, a widow twenty-one years his elder. 1735 - His first work published in this year, it was a translation from the French of Lobo's Voyage to Abyssinia. 1745 - Between this year and 1755, he wrote perhaps his best-known work, A Dictionary of the English Language. The rise in literacy and the declining cost of printing demanded clearer standards in spelling, meaning, and grammar. 1746 - Over breakfast at the Golden Anchor tavern in London, he signed a contract with the booksellers/publishers William Strahn and associates to produce an authoritative dictionary of the English language. 1758 - Johnson began another series, The Idler, in this year. These were shorter and lighter than The Rambler and ran weekly for two years. 1762 - Johnson was awarded a government pension of three hundred pounds a year.

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