Samuel Johnson's Dictionary took nine years to write and ... which was published in 1755. Johnson came from Lichfield in Staffordshire and moved to London in his twenties to find work as a writer.

But it took just a smidge over 150 years for another dictionary to be published that, arguably, set the standard for those that followed. On 15 April 1755, Dr Samuel Johnson’s Dictionary of the ...

Just before the publication of his dictionary in 1755, the University of Oxford awarded Samuel Johnson a Master of Arts Degree, and he was also granted an honorary doctorate in 1765 by Trinity ...

After his dictionary was published in 1755, Johnson, according to Judith ... that you're actually looking for them.’” Samuel Johnson was also praised by the Earl of Chesterfield, who described ...

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 ...