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 ...

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 ...

Samuel Johnson was also praised by the Earl of Chesterfield, who described the dictionary as “as near to perfection as any one man could do.” Johnson, however, recalled that the Earl had once ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

When Baldrick appears to have used the sole copy of Dr. Johnson's Dictionary as fuel in the Prince's fireplace, Blackadder fears for his life at the hands of Samuel and his enraged, opium-fiend ...