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).
Movie:
Samuel
Johnson: The Dictionary Man (2006).
