Samuel Johnson and friends. English lexicographer and author Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) wrote widely before founding his own periodical, 'The Rambler'
Samuel Johnson and friends. English lexicographer and author Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) wrote widely before founding his own periodical, 'The Rambler', in 1750. This included several celebrated discourses on literature and morals. His most famous work was 'The Dictionary of The English Language' (1755), with 40,000 entries. In 1764, with Sir Joshua Reynolds, he founded The Literary Club. The text accompanying this scene described Johnson (centre) discussing truth with James Boswell over breakfast in 1778. Lithograph from volume 4 (1877) of the 9-volume 'The Trial at Bar of Sir Roger C. D. Tichborne' (1875-1880).
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