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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
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https://gptkb.org/entity/Samuel_Johnson's_Dictionary
GPTKB entity
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gptkb:dictionary
gptkbp:author
gptkb:Samuel_Johnson
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gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:countryOfPublication
gptkb:London
gptkbp:dedicatedTo
gptkb:Chesterfield
gptkbp:fullTitle
gptkb:A_Dictionary_of_the_English_Language
gptkbp:genre
reference
gptkbp:hasFacsimileEditions
20th century
gptkbp:hasModernEditions
various publishers
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gptkb:Francis_Bacon
gptkb:John_Locke
gptkb:John_Milton
gptkb:Jonathan_Swift
gptkb:Samuel_Johnson
gptkb:William_Shakespeare
gptkb:John_Dryden
gptkb:Joseph_Addison
gptkb:Richard_Steele
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
gptkbp:impact
Cited in legal and academic works
Set standards for English dictionaries
Used in education and literature
gptkbp:influenced
gptkb:Oxford_English_Dictionary
gptkbp:language
English
gptkbp:mediaType
Print
gptkbp:notableFor
Comprehensive definitions and literary quotations
Definition of 'lexicographer'
Definition of 'network'
Definition of 'oats'
Influence on later dictionaries
Standardizing English spelling
gptkbp:numberOfRooms
over 40,000
gptkbp:numberOfVolumes
2
gptkbp:publicationYear
1755
gptkbp:publisher
gptkb:Robert_Dodsley
gptkb:Thomas_Longman
gptkbp:releaseDate
1755
gptkbp:significance
One of the most influential dictionaries in the history of the English language
gptkbp:subject
English lexicography
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gptkb:Webster's_Dictionary
gptkb:Robert_Dodsley
gptkb:Harvard_Library_system
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