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Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)
Johnson, Samuel. An English critic, essayist, poet, and lexicographer, the most picturesque figure in British literature; born in Lichfield, Sept. 18, 1709; died in London, Dec. 13, 1784. His works include: ‘Voyage to Abyssinia’ (1735), a translation; ‘London’ (1738); ‘Marmor Norfolciense’ (1739), an essay; ‘Life of Richard Savage’ (1744); ‘Macbeth’ (1745), an essay; ‘Plan for a Dictionary’ (1747); ‘Vanity of Human Wishes’ (1749); ‘Irene’ (1749); The Rambler (1750–52); The Adventurer papers (1753); the English Dictionary (1755); The Idler (1758–60); ‘Rasselas’ (1759); ‘Shakespeare with Notes’ (1765); ‘The False Alarm’ (1770); ‘A Journey to the Western Isles of Scotland’ (1775); ‘Taxation No Tyranny’ (1775); ‘English Poets’ (1779–81). ‘Collected Works,’ 11 vols., 1787. (See Critical and Biographical Introduction).