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Samuel Johnson (18 September 1709 to 13 December 1784), often referred to as Dr Johnson, was an English author who made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer.
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1 | Creative Commons | Babbling a Dialect of France: Loanwords, French, and Johnson's Dictionary | Professor Mugglestone discusses the concept of loanwords in relationship to Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language. | Lynda Mugglestone | 13 Feb 2012 |