Samuel Johnson Biography
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What profession(s) did Samuel Johnson NOT engage in?

  • Mathematician (correct)
  • Playwright
  • Editor
  • Lexicographer
  • In what year was A Dictionary of the English Language published by Samuel Johnson?

  • 1791
  • 1763
  • 1755 (correct)
  • 1784
  • Which work by Samuel Johnson is considered one of the greatest single achievements of scholarship?

  • The Vanity of Human Wishes
  • London
  • Irene
  • A Dictionary of the English Language (correct)
  • Which of the following works by Samuel Johnson is a collection of biographies and evaluations of 17th- and 18th-century poets?

    <p>Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which writer is known for producing The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia?

    <p>Samuel Johnson</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who wrote a biography of Samuel Johnson that was widely read?

    <p>James Boswell</p> Signup and view all the answers

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