Samuel Johnson

GPTKB entity

Properties (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:philosopher
writer
lexicographer
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:James_Boswell
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Royal_Society_of_Literature
gptkbp:bornIn September 18, 1709
gptkbp:child gptkb:Anna_Johnson
gptkbp:contribution Philosophical essays
Essay writing
Literary biography
Cultural criticism
Standardized_English_dictionary
gptkbp:diedIn December 13, 1784
gptkbp:founded gptkb:The_Rambler
The Adventurer
The_Idler
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Samuel Johnson
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:William_Hazlitt
Charles Lamb
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Alexander_Pope
gptkb:John_Milton
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Rasselas
gptkb:The_Lives_of_the_Most_Eminent_English_Poets
A Dictionary of the English Language
gptkbp:nationality English
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:The_Vanity_of_Human_Wishes
gptkb:A_Journey_to_the_Western_Islands_of_Scotland
gptkb:The_History_of_Rasselas,_Prince_of_Abissinia
The Lives of the Poets
The Dictionary of the English Language
A Dictionary of the English Language (1755)
The Adventurer (1753-1754)
The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets (1781)
The Plan of a Dictionary of the English Language
Rasselas_(1759)
The_Idler_(1758-1760)
The_Rambler_(1750-1752)
gptkbp:occupation essayist
poet
critic
gptkbp:philosophy Literary criticism
Lexicography
Empiricism
Moral philosophy
gptkbp:placeOfBirth Lichfield,_Staffordshire,_England
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Tetty_Johnson