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Samuel Johnson

1709 - 1784

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Samuel Johnson (18 September [O.S. 7 September] 1709 – 13 December 1784), often called Dr Johnson, was an English writer who made lasting contributions as a poet, playwright, essayist, moralist, literary critic, sermonist, biographer, editor, and lexicographer. The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography calls him "arguably the most distinguished man of letters in English history". Born in Lichfield, Staffordshire, he attended Pembroke College, Oxford, until lack of funds forced him to leave. After working as a teacher, he moved to London and began writing for The Gentleman's Magazine. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Samuel Johnson is the 634th most popular writer (down from 627th in 2019), the 581st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 452nd in 2019) and the 60th most popular British Writer.

Samuel Johnson is most famous for being an English lexicographer, author, and critic.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Samuel Johnson ranks 634 out of 7,302Before him are Franz Werfel, André Chénier, Kumārajīva, Gabriele Amorth, Kōbō Abe, and Meera. After him are Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Aratus, A. J. Cronin, Allen Ginsberg, Hermann Broch, and Mikael Agricola.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1709, Samuel Johnson ranks 3Before him are Elizabeth of Russia, and Julien Offray de La Mettrie. After him are Jacques de Vaucanson, Georg Wilhelm Steller, Franz Benda, Wilhelmine of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange, Gabriel Bonnot de Mably, Johann Georg Gmelin, Andreas Sigismund Marggraf, and Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans. Among people deceased in 1784, Samuel Johnson ranks 5Before him are Denis Diderot, Count of St. Germain, Phillis Wheatley, and Wilhelm Friedemann Bach. After him are Giovanni Battista Martini, Junípero Serra, Torbern Bergman, Otto Friedrich Müller, César-François Cassini de Thury, Anders Johan Lexell, and Princess Friederike Luise of Prussia.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Samuel Johnson ranks 581 out of 8,785Before him are John Knox (1514), Christopher Wren (1632), John Turner (1929), James Bradley (1693), Domnall mac Ailpín (812), and Richard Branson (1950). After him are Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772), A. J. Cronin (1896), William Petty (1623), Joan of the Tower (1321), Edward the Confessor (1003), and Jack Phillips (1887).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Samuel Johnson ranks 60Before him are Beatrix Potter (1866), Frederick Forsyth (1938), John Donne (1572), George Eliot (1819), Robert Burns (1759), and Harold Pinter (1930). After him are Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772), A. J. Cronin (1896), Alexander Pope (1688), A. A. Milne (1882), Gerald Gardner (1884), and Daphne du Maurier (1907).