Samuel Johnson
See also: Johnson
Samuel Johnson , or the Dr. Samuel Johnson , born the September 7th (or 18 according to the style of date adopted) 1709 and died the December 13rd 1784, is one of the principal authors of the English Littérature of the 18th century: poet, essay writer, biographer, lexicographer, it is also one of the finest English literary critics. Johnson is regarded as an author of genious, as well in Prose as in worms, and whose witty remarks are often quoted.
Life and work
Wire of a poor bookseller, Samuel Johnson was born with Lichfield (Staffordshire), where he studies, to its entry with the Pembroke college, with Oxford, where there remain only thirteen months. Although he is regarded as excellent studying, its condition forces it to give up its studies without to have obtained diploma. It tries to teach, but without success. He marries Elizabeth Porter at thirty-five years, widow twenty-five year old his elder.
In 1737, desilvered, it leaves Lichfield for London with its pupil David Garrick. It finds an employment near Edward Cave: he writes articles for The Gentleman' S magazine. During thirty years, Johnson writes biographies, poetries, tests, lampoons, parliamentary summaries of meetings. It prepares also the catalog of the sale of the Harleian Bookstore, without leaving poverty for all this period. The most important poems of this time are London (1738) and Life off Savage (translatable by Vie of Savage , 1745), biography of his/her friend writer, Richard Savage, died in 1744 after having shared the poverty of Johnson.
In the Years 1750, it made knowledge and became the friend of the Dramaturge Italy N Giuseppe Baretti, which had just arrived at London.
Caustic but attaching Romance Beryl Bainbridge, According to Queeney (2003), described in an original way last years of Johnson with Steatham Park, at Hester and Henry Thrale.
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