Samuel Johnson is 309 years old today! He was born in 1709 and wrote A Dictionary of the English Lan
Samuel Johnson is 309 years old today! He was born in 1709 and wrote A Dictionary of the English Language in 1755. This was a commonly used dictionary until the Oxford English Dictionary was published two centuries later. Pictured above is the first edition of his dictionary, which was published in two volumes. Images from: Samuel Johnson’s A Dictionary of the English Language. London : printed by W. Strahan, for J. and P. Knapton … [and 4 others], 1755.Catalog record: https://bit.ly/2MJXM4jCall number: PE1620 .J6 1755 VOL.1 -- source link
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