Samuel Johnson
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Samuel Johnson Net Worth 2024, Height, Wiki, Age
Writer

Birthday

: 18 September 1709

Birthplace

: Lichfield, United Kingdom

Sign

: Virgo
 

Died

: 13 December 1784

Lived

: 75 years

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  • Was a British writer who made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer
Born:18 September 1709 Comment
When did Samuel Johnson die? / Died13 December 1784
How many years did Samuel Johnson live? / Lived75 years
Where was Samuel Johnson born?Lichfield, United Kingdom
Where did Samuel Johnson die? / Deathplace London, United Kingdom
Nicknames:Dr. Johnson
Zodiac sign:Virgo

Samuel Johnson Net worth 2024 (estimated)


How much is Samuel Johnson worth?Under review
Nationality:British



Who was Samuel Johnson? / Facts   


  • Johnson was a devout Anglican and committed Tory, and is described by the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography as "arguably the most distinguished man of letters in English history"
  • He is also the subject of perhaps the most famous biography in English literature, namely The Life of Samuel Johnson by James Boswell
  • Born in Lichfield, Staffordshire, Johnson attended Pembroke College, Oxford for just over a year, before his lack of funds forced him to leave
  • After working as a teacher, he moved to London, where he began to write for The Gentleman's Magazine
  • His early works include the biography Life of Mr Richard Savage, the poems London and The Vanity of Human Wishes, and the play Irene
  • After nine years of work, Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language was published in 1755
  • It had a far-reaching effect on Modern English and has been described as "one of the greatest single achievements of scholarship"
  • This work brought Johnson popularity and success
  • Until the completion of the Oxford English Dictionary 150 years later, Johnson's was viewed as the pre-eminent British dictionary
  • His later works included essays, an influential annotated edition of The Plays of William Shakespeare, and the widely read tale The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia
  • In 1763, he befriended James Boswell, with whom he later travelled to Scotland; Johnson described their travels in A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland

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 Education   


  • Pembroke College, Oxford

 Quotes


  • He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.
  • When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.

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