Samuel Johnson
Writer
September 18, 1709 – December 13, 1784
Credits:
Written work:
A Dictionary
of the English Language (1755); A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland
(1775); A Voyage to Abyssinia (1735); Birmingham Journal (1732–33); Irene, a
Tragedy (1749); Life of Browne (1756); Life of Mr Richard Savage (1744); Lives
of the Poets (1779–81); London (1738); Messiah (1728); Miscellaneous
Observations on the Tragedy of Macbeth (1745); Plan for a Dictionary of the
English Language (1747); Preface to a Dictionary of the English Language
(1755); Preface to the Plays of William Shakespeare (1765); Prologue at the
Opening of the Theatre in Drury Lane (1747); Proposals for Printing, by
Subscription, the Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare (1756); Taxation no
Tyranny (1775); The Adventurer (1753–54); The Beauties of Johnson (1781); The False
Alarm (1770); The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia / novella (1759);
The Idler (1758–60); The Literary Magazine, or Universal Review (1756); The
Patriot (1774); The Plays of William Shakespeare (1765); The Rambler (1750–52);
The Vanity of Human Wishes (1749); Thoughts on the Late Transactions Respecting
Falkland's Islands (1771); Universal Visiter (1756).
Samuel Johnson: The Dictionary Man (2006).
