His time in London was not glamorous While he very ... that you're actually looking for them.’” Samuel Johnson was also praised by the Earl of Chesterfield, who described the dictionary ...

There are many basic but essential facts to be learned about Samuel Johnson. For example, he was born in 1709 and died in 1784. His life spanned the reign of four British Monarchs: Queen Anne ...

In the south transept of Westminster Abbey is the grave of Dr Samuel Johnson, lexicographer and critic. He lies just in front of Shakespeare's memorial. The inscription in brass letters reads: SAMUEL ...

We’re Living in a Moment for ‘Great Art’ Creation, Says Collector Valeria Napoleone The longtime champion of female artists is celebrating a decade of her namesake sculpture center in New York and an ...

According to MyLondon, the house of Dr Samuel Johnson, the compiler of A Dictionary ... opened in 1538 and rebuilt in 1667 after the Great Fire of London, is one of several well-known jaunts.

According to Richard B. Schwartz's Daily Life in Johnson's London, "The city had become honeycombed with what were intended to be temporary dwellings but which grew to be permanent ones.

Following his Dictionary, Samuel Johnson is perhaps most famous for saying 'when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life…', but is also remembered for having the ability to sum up a ...

Dramadocumentary telling the story of Samuel Johnsons creation of the first English dictionary in an attic room just off Fleet Street in Georgian London The depressive writerforhire with Tourettes ...