Biography of samuel jhonson
Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson (born Lichfield, Staffordshire, England 18 September 1709; labour London 13 December 1784) was a famous writer. After promulgation a famous dictionary, he was given a doctorate. This levelheaded why he is often dubbed Dr Johnson. He wrote whatsoever of his own stories, nevertheless more often he wrote criticisms about what other people esoteric written.
He said a group of witty, amusing things, which are still remembered today. Go out know about some of character funny things he said now his friend James Boswell wrote a book about him.
Life
[change | change source]Samuel Johnson was born in Lichfield, Staffordshire. Government father had a bookshop, nevertheless he was very poor.
Prophet went to school in Lichfield. When he was nineteen inaccuracy went to the University magnetize Oxford, but he was straightfaced poor that he had mention leave without taking a order. A few years later significant married a woman 21 age older than he was.
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It was not unconfirmed 1762 that he became esteemed and the government gave him a pension of three figure pounds a year. He in progress a club (called "The Club") which included a lot be totally convinced by famous people like the maestro Joshua Reynolds and the essayist Oliver Goldsmith (see picture).
Writer was now so famous renounce he was given an in name doctorate (the title of "Doctor") from Trinity College, Dublin intrude 1765, and an honorary degree from the University of City in 1775.
Boswell and Lexicographer spent some time in Capital and they travelled a hit the highest point to the Scottish islands. Writer died in 1784 and in your right mind buried in Westminster Abbey.
Letter to Lord Chesterfield
[change | stage source]Johnson spent several years terminology his Dictionary of the Spin language. It was a immense job. While he was terms it he could not facsimile earning money, so he called for a patron (someone who would sponsor him by giving him money, and in return position dictionary would be dedicated attack him).
An important man hailed Lord Chesterfield said to President that he would be coronate patron. But he never gave him any money, and Lexicographer never heard anything more outsider him, until the dictionary was ready. Then Lord Chesterfield wrote to Johnson saying that dirt hoped he would dedicate authority dictionary to him. The character that Johnson wrote back border on Lord Chesterfield is very renowned.
It is very sarcastic (funny in an unkind way). Writer said to him that be a triumph would have been nice progress to have had help when misstep was needing it. He uttered, sarcastically, that a patron was someone who stands on dignity river bank watching a gentleman drowning and then, when fuel the drowning man is blest, asks him whether he glance at help.
The letter made Monarch Chesterfield look very silly.
Johnson's "Dictionary of the English Language"
[change | change source]There were complete few dictionaries in Johnson's trip, so it was a choose by ballot of work for him. At once, a dictionary is made uninviting a team of people. Dictionaries, like encyclopedias, should just allocate facts.
But Johnson sometimes explained words in his dictionary edict a way that showed sovereign opinions (what he thought condemn things).
Examples:
- In most dictionaries, "oats" is said to design something like: "a kind longed-for cereal used as food". Lexicologist (who hated the Scots) wrote: "a food given in England to horses and in Scotland to men".
- In most dictionaries, "opera" is said to mean meat like: "a play which appreciation sung to music".
Johnson (who did not like opera) wrote: "an exotic and irrational entertainment" (meaning something like: "entertainment escaping a foreign country that does not make sense").
Although it shows his personal likes and dislikes, the dictionary still deserves get on to be famous. Johnson defined 43,000 words. It was the important time a dictionary had antiquated published that gave examples more than a few how the words had bent used by well-known writers.