| Birth: | 1709 | | Death: | 1784 | 
Author / Poet, critic and lexicographer. Johnson put together the first truly extensive Dictionary of the English language which took 8-9 years to complete and was published in April 1755. It became the standard for over 100 years, until it was replaced by the OED (Oxford English Dictionary).
Search Amazon for Samuel Johnson | | | Burial:
Westminster Abbey
Westminster
Greater London, England
Plot: Poets Corner
GPS (lat/lon): 51.50008, -0.12923 |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Record added: Jan 01, 2001
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Norman A. Brooks
Added: Jun. 29, 2009 |
I had the pleasure to visit 17 Gough Square in 2004. It's a pity that the real Hodge wasn't there, because there was a warning sign that a gull was aggressive in flying at visitors. Hodge's statue deterred the gull not at all. My favorite Johnson quote is...(Read more)
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Walter Tucker
Added: Mar. 8, 2008 |
The doctor loved to talk and he loved his cat. We are time traveler soul mates. Pull up a chair my dear doctor.
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gary
Added: Aug. 1, 2007 |
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