Samuel Johnson

Quick Facts

Full Name	Samuel Johnson
Occupation	Non-Fiction Author
Date Of Birth	Sep 18, 1709(1709-09-18)
Age	315
Date Of Death	December 13, 1784, London, United Kingdom
Birthplace	England
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Virgo

Samuel Johnson Biography

Samuel Johnson is one of the most popular and richest Non-Fiction Author who was born on September 18, 1709 in England, England, United Kingdom. Remembered for his biographies, literary criticism, essays, reference works, and poems, this significant eighteenth-century English writer is most well known for his 1755 work A Dictionary of the English Language and his 1765 annotated version of The Plays of William Shakespeare.

He is the subject of Scottish author James Boswell‘s acclaimed 1791 biography The Life of Samuel Johnson.

The son of Sarah Ford and bookseller Michael Johnson, he spent his youth in Lichfield, Staffordshire, England. In 1735, he married Elizabeth “Tetty” Jervis Porter, a widow twenty years his senior.

Samuel Johnson Net Worth

Samuel Johnson is one of the richest Non-Fiction Author from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Samuel Johnson 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

After briefly studying at Pembroke College, Oxford, he began writing for a London publication called The Gentleman’s Magazine. His early literary works include a play titled Irene and a biographical work called Life of Mr. Richard Savage.

His well-documented repertoire of physical tics has led modern physicians to believe that the writer suffered from Tourette syndrome.

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Who is Samuel Johnson Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Samuel Ranked on the list of most popular Non-Fiction Author. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Samuel Johnson celebrates birthday on September 18 of every year.

What was Samuel Johnson's most significant contribution to literature?

Johnson’s great contribution to the history of English lexicography was to conceive the dictionary , not as a schoolroom prop, but as a type of literary work. Johnson wrote only one dictionary, but in that one he initiated several dictionary genres.

Who is Samuel Johnson and why is he important?

Samuel Johnson was born in 1709 in Lichfield, Staffordshire. The son of a bookseller, he rose to become one of the greatest literary figures of the eighteenth century, most famously compiling A Dictionary of the English Language.

What disease did Samuel Johnson have?

His symptoms of (a) involuntary muscle jerking movements and complex motor acts, (b) involuntary vocalisation, and (c) compulsive actions constitute the symptom complex of Gilles de la Tourette syndrome (Tourette’s syndrome) , from which Johnson suffered most of his life.

What is true aim of poetry Samuel Johnson?

In his “Life of Milton” Johnson writes about poetry. He says that poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth by calling imagination to the help of reason.

Who invented the English dictionary?

We’d like to take a moment to celebrate the man behind A Dictionary of the English Language, the first definitive English dictionary, the famous Samuel Johnson. A Dictionary of the English Language, also called Johnson’s Dictionary, was first published in 1775 and is viewed with reverence by modern lexicographers.