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Samuel Johnson, known as "Dr. Johnson" (1709-1784) was a English lexicographer, author, and critic, also a brilliant conversationalist and the dominant figure in 18th-century London literary society. His Dictionary, published in 1755, remained authoritative for over a century, and is still remarkable for the vigour of its definitions.

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In 1764 he founded the "Literary Club", whose members included Reynolds, Burke, Goldsmith, Garrick, and Boswell, Johnson's biographer.

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Tags: lexicographer, author, critic, poet, essayist

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