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- 1. (1709–84), British lexicographer, writer, critic, and conversationalist; known as Dr. Johnson. A leading figure in the literary London of his day, he is noted particularly for his Dictionary of the English Language (1755), his edition of Shakespeare (1765), and The Lives of the English Poets (1779–81). James Boswell's biography of Johnson records details of his life and conversation.
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Johnson's Dictionary Online. Browse the dictionary | Random word. Funding and support provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the College of Arts and Humanities, and the Center for Humanities and Digital Research at the University of Central Florida.
A Dictionary of the English Language, sometimes published as Johnson's Dictionary, was published on 15 April 1755 and written by Samuel Johnson. [2] It is among the most influential dictionaries in the history of the English language .
May 6, 2021 · A Dictionary of the English Language. 1755, 1773. Edited by Beth Rapp Young, Jack Lynch, William Dorner, Amy Larner Giroux, Carmen Faye Mathes, and Abigail Moreshead. 2021. https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com. Both volumes of the two volume set. From the Rare Books Collection of the University of Florida library.
A Dictionary of the English Language. Explore Samuel Johnson's brilliant dictionary.
A Dictionary of the English Language, the famous dictionary of Samuel Johnson, published in London in 1755; its principles dominated English lexicography for more than a century. This two-volume work surpassed earlier dictionaries not in bulk but in precision of definition.
Jan 31, 2019 · On April 15, 1755, Samuel Johnson published his two-volume Dictionary of the English Language. It wasn't the first English dictionary (more than 20 had appeared over the preceding two centuries), but in many ways, it was the most remarkable.
Apr 15, 2021 · Today, on the 266th anniversary of the 1755 publication of Samuel Johnson’s A Dictionary of the English Language, we are proud to make available this complete, searchable, online edition of Johnson’s groundbreaking work.
