Johnson, Samuel

Cultural  

1. An eighteenth-century English author known for his wit and for his balanced and careful criticism of literature. Johnson compiled an important dictionary of the English language. The story of his life is told in The Life of Samuel Johnson, by James Boswell.

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Example Sentences

Johnson, Samuel, joint editor of "Hymns of the Spirit," 293.

From Reminiscences, 1819-1899 by Howe, Julia Ward

Johnson, Samuel, the Magnus Apollo of Lexicographers, 218; criticised by N. W., 219-225; N. W.'s preface compared with S. J.'s, 242; his Dictionary and N. W.'s compared, 246, 260-263, 273.

From Noah Webster American Men of Letters by Scudder, Horace E.

Johnson, Samuel, 2, 59, 276, 284, 307, 308.

From Tragedy by Thorndike, Ashley H.

Johnson, Samuel, 137, 140, 148, note, 163, 165, 166, 169.

From Early Theories of Translation by Amos, Flora Ross

Johnson, Samuel, divine, author of Julian the Apostate.

From Books Fatal to Their Authors by Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson)