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7 hours ago · Samuel Johnson. Samuel Johnson (18 September 1709 [ OS 7 September] – 13 December 1784), often called Dr Johnson, was an English writer who made lasting contributions as a poet, playwright, essayist, moralist, literary critic, sermonist, biographer, editor, and lexicographer. The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography calls him "arguably the ...
- 13 December 1784 (aged 75), London, England
- Pembroke College, Oxford
- English, Latin
- Tory
