Life of Samuel Johnson By James BoswellPublisher: Penguin Classics (November 19, 2008) | ISBN-10: 0140436626 | ENG | PDF | 462 Pages | 1.3 MB
Samuel Johnson (often referred to as Dr Johnson) (18 September 1709 [O.S. 7 September] – 13 December 1784) was an English author. Beginning as a Grub Street journalist, he made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, essayist, moralist, novelist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer. Johnson was a devout Anglican and political conservative, and has been described as "arguably the most distinguished man of letters in English history".