Dr Johnson giving money to impoverished children by Temple Bar Gate, London. By Dudley Tennant (1867-1952). Samuel Johnson (1709-1784), often referred to as Dr Johnson, was an English writer who made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, playwright, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer.

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