Johnson was born in Lichfield, Staffordshire in 1709 ... that you're actually looking for them.’” Samuel Johnson was also praised by the Earl of Chesterfield, who described the dictionary ...

To his despair, he was forced to return home to Lichfield, without a degree, having spent only 13 months at Oxford. To Samuel Johnson’s even greater sadness, he left many of his favorite books ...

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