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    Samuel Johnson was an 18th century English writer, critic, essayist, and literary historian. His main work was "Dictionary of the English Language", published in 1755, which was the most important dictionary of English at that time. Samuel Johnson's dictionary took over 8 years to compile, used 6 helpers, and defined over 40,000 words. It became the standard English dictionary for 150 years and established authoritative lexicographical reference through its use of detailed definitions and illustrative quotations. The dictionary made an important contribution by beginning to chronicle usages, meanings, and changes in the English language over time.

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    Samuel Johnson was an 18th century English writer, critic, essayist, and literary historian. His main work was "Dictionary of the English Language", published in 1755, which was the most important dictionary of English at that time. Samuel Johnson's dictionary took over 8 years to compile, used 6 helpers, and defined over 40,000 words. It became the standard English dictionary for 150 years and established authoritative lexicographical reference through its use of detailed definitions and illustrative quotations. The dictionary made an important contribution by beginning to chronicle usages, meanings, and changes in the English language over time.

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    Samuel Johnson was an 18th century English writer, critic, essayist, and literary historian. His main work was "Dictionary of the English Language", published in 1755, which was the most important dictionary of English at that time. Samuel Johnson's dictionary took over 8 years to compile, used 6 helpers, and defined over 40,000 words. It became the standard English dictionary for 150 years and established authoritative lexicographical reference through its use of detailed definitions and illustrative quotations. The dictionary made an important contribution by beginning to chronicle usages, meanings, and changes in the English language over time.

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    1. - Who is Samuel Johnson?


    Samuel Johnson was a famous writer of the 18 th century, England; He was critic, essayist and
    literary historian.
    He was born in Litchfield, Staffordshire, on 18 September 1709.In the childhood Johnson had to
    support some obstacles because he was plagued by health problems, he suffered from Scrofula
    like Tuberculosis, and depression. In 1735, he married with Elizabeth Porter who was a widow,
    and died on December 13, 1784.
    His education was at Litchfield Grammar School and also he wanted to study at Pembroke
    College in Oxford in 1728, however he had many economic problems forced him to quit school
    early. Johnson was a good student at Latin, and after that, he tried to be a teacher but he couldnt
    find this job.

    2. - What is his main work? And when did he publish this work?
    His main work is Dictionary of the English Language.
    The dictionary was published on 15 April 1755. It was not the first such dictionary, but was
    certainly the most important at that time. In Johnson's lifetime five further editions were
    published, and a sixth came out when he died.

    3. - Which is the influence of Samuel Johnson's Dictionary in the literature?


    Samuel Johnson's 'Dictionary of the English Language' is one of the most famous dictionaries in
    history. The dictionary took just over eight years to compile, required six helpers, and listed
    40,000 words. Each word was defined in detail, the definitions illustrated with quotations
    covering every branch of learning.
    Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language (London, 1775) was the Standard English
    dictionary for one hundred and fifty years, Therefore one of Johnson's Dictionary's
    contributions to the English language was to provide the first definitive authoritative source for
    English language lexicographical reference. Johnson's formulation of illustrating with
    quotations was carried on; in fact. Therefore another contribution of Johnson's Dictionary was
    to have begun the chronicling of the usages and meanings along with changes in usage and
    meaning in the English language.

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