Samuel Johnson
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This article is about the English literary figure. For the locomotive engineer see Samuel W. Johnson. For the political writer see Samuel Johnson (1649-1703) For the Nigerian minister and writer, see Samuel Johnson (Nigeria).
Samuel Johnson circa 1772, painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds.Dr Samuel Johnson (September 7, 1709 Old Style/September 18 New Style 1–December 13, 1784), often referred to simply as Dr Johnson, was one of England's greatest literary figures: a poet, essayist, biographer, lexicographer, and often esteemed the finest literary critic in English. Johnson was a great wit and prose stylist of genius, whose bons mots are still frequently quoted in print today.