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1709 – 1784Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)Died 13 December 1784, aged 75Samuel Johnson, author of A Dictionary of the English Language, died in London. His dictionary, compiled largely single-handedly over nine years, remained the standard reference for English until the Oxford English Dictionary. He was also a celebrated essayist, poet, and critic, memorialized in James Boswell's biography.