Samuel Johnson

Dr Samuel Johnson (September 7, 1709 Old Style/September 18 New Style 1–December 13, 1784), often referred to simply as Dr Johnson, was one of England's greatest literary figures: a poet, essayist, biographer, lexicographer, and often esteemed the finest literary critic in English. Johnson was a great wit and prose stylist of genius, whose are still frequently quoted in print today.

Bibliography

• Life of Savage (1745)
• A Dictionary of the English Language (1755)
• The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia (1759)
• Lives of the English Poets (1781)
• Henry Hitchings (2005), Dr Johnson's Dictionary: the extraordinary story of the book that defined the world, John Murray