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 ...

However, as Naomi notes, Johnson's London was not “the London of the fancy balls and silk outfits of fashionable sets and court visits – Johnson's life was lived in dingy back alleys and ...

But soon enough the satisfactions of country life began to pall. And then, late in 1784, Samuel Johnson died of congestive heart failure at age 75. The news left Boswell “stunned, and in a kind ...

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 ...