Discover the Best Books Written by Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson, born September 18, 1709, and died December 13, 1784, is one of the leading authors of British literature. Poet, essayist, biographer, lexicographer, translator, pamphleteer, journalist, publisher, moralist, and polygrapher, he is also one of the most renowned literary critics.
His commentaries on Shakespeare, in particular, are considered classics. A devout and staunchly conservative Anglican ( Tory ), he has been described as "probably the most distinguished man of letters in the history of England." The first biography dedicated to him, The Life of Samuel Johnson by James Boswell, published in 1791, is "the most famous of all works of biography in all [English] literature. " In the United Kingdom, Samuel Johnson is called "Doctor Johnson" because of the academic title of " Doctor of Laws (Doctor of Laws), which was granted to him as an honorary title.
Born in Lichfield in Staffordshire, he attended Pembroke College, Oxford, for a year until lack of money forced him to leave. After working as a schoolteacher, he came to London, where he began to write articles for The Gentleman's Magazine. His early works are the biography of his friend, the poet Richard Savage, The Life of Mr. Richard Savage (1744), the poems London ( London ) and The Vanity of Human Wishes ( La Vanité des Désirs Humains ), and a tragedy, Irene.