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Samuel Johnson

(1709—1784) author and lexicographer


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(1709–84),

English lexicographer and author, in 1775 was employed by the ministers in power to write a tract, Taxation No Tyranny, in answer to the resolutions and addresses of the ...

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Johnson, Samuel (1709–84)
in The Oxford Companion to English Literature (7) Length: 1145 words
Johnson, Samuel
in The Oxford Encyclopedia of British Literature Length: 6374 words
Johnson, Samuel (1709–84)
in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev) Length: 292 words
Johnson, Samuel (1709–84)
in The Oxford Companion to British History (1 rev) Length: 475 words

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