Doctor Samuel Johnson, the 18th-century British literary marvel who single-handedly wrote the 42,773-entry A Dictionary of the English Language, had no medical training. He never even completed a Ph.D ...

The story of Dr Samuel Johnson, a stage four prostate gland cancer survivor, went out again two Sundays ago…during a thanks giving service at his church AME Zion, in a village, Mbierebe Akpawat , ...

In his "Dictionary of the English Language," Samuel Johnson defined “lexicographer” as “a writer of dictionaries; a harmless drudge.” **novel: a) a piece of writing of some length with something wrong ...

JOHNSON’S DICTIONARY, A MODERN SELECTION (465 pp.)—E. L. McAdam Jr. and George Milne—Pantheon ($6.50). Anyone who has ever used pen and ink (“the black liquor with which men write”) has cause to be ...

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Back in late 18th-century London, Samuel Johnson was known for many things. He was an accomplished poet, playwright, and essayist. He was a literary critic and author of A Dictionary of the English ...

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