Quick Facts

• NAME: Samuel Johnson
• OCCUPATION: Editor, Journalist, Author, Poet
• BIRTH DATE: September 18, 1709
• DEATH DATE: December 13, 1784
• EDUCATION: Pembroke College, Oxford
• PLACE OF BIRTH: Lichfield, Staffordshire, England
• PLACE OF DEATH: London, England
• AKA: Dr. Johnson

Best Known For

Samuel Johnson, often referred to as Dr. Johnson, was an English writer who notably produced the Dictionary of the English Language, published in 1755.