Samuel Johnson

**Samuel Johnson** utawa kang kondhang Dr. Johnson lair ing kutha lichfield, Inggris, tanggal 8 September 1709. Dhèwèké séda ing tanggal 13 Dhésèmber 1784. Johnson iku penulis saka Inggris kang duwé kontribusi akèh ing babagan sastra Inggris minangka penyair, panulis esai, moralis, kritikus sastra, panulis biografi, editor, lan leksikograf. Johnson iku wong kang akèh kontribusine ing babagan aksara Inggris. Dhèwèké uga dadi subjek "karya tunggal seni biografi kang paling misuwur ing sakabehing literatur": Kauripan James Boswell saka Samuel Johnson.

Sasuwene kerja sangang taun, Kamus Johnson ing Basa Inggris dibabarake ing taun 1755. Kamus iki duwé prabawa gedhé ing basa Inggris modern lan bisa digambarake minangka "salah siji prestasi tunggal gedhé dhéwé ing beasiswa". Kamus iku ndadèkaké Johnson dadi misuwur lan sukses. Nganti sarampunge Kamus Basa Inggris Oxford 150 taun sangarepe, Johnson dianggep wong kang gawé kamus unggulan Inggris. Karya-karyané iku kalebu esai, edisi beranotasi kang duwé prabawa drama William Shakespeare, lan carita Rasselas kang akèh diwaca. Taun 1763, dhèwèké kekancanan karo James Boswell. Dhèwèké banjur lunga adoh menyang Sekotlan. Johnson nyritakake caritane ing *Perjalanan menyang KapuloanBarat Sekotlan*. Ing pungkasaning uripé, dhèwèké bisa ndadèkaké kauripane dadi wong kang duwé kontribusi kang gedhé ing Penyair Inggris Paling Eminent, kumpulan biografi, lan evaluasi penyair-17 lan abad kaping 18.

## Major works 
### Essai, Pamflet, periodikal, khotbah 
* 1732 – 1733 *Birmingham Journal*
* 1747 *Plan for a Dictionary of the English Language*
* 1750 – 1752 *The Rambler*
* 1753 – 1754 *The Adventurer*
* 1756 *Universal Visiter*
* 1756 *The Literary Magazine, or Universal Review*
* 1758 – 1760 *The Idler (1758–1760)*
* 1770 *The False Alarm*
* 1771 ''Thoughts on the Late Transactions Respecting Falkland's Islands*
* 1774 *The Patriot*
* 1775 *A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland* lan *Taxation No Tyranny*
* 1781 *The Beauties of Johnson*
### Geguritan 
* 1728 *Messiah'', a translation into Latin of Alexander Pope's *Messiah*
* 1738 *London*
* 1747 *Prologue at the Opening of the Theatre in Drury Lane*
* 1749 *The Vanity of Human Wishes* lan *Irene, a Tragedy*
### Biografi lan kritik 
* 1744 *Life of Mr Richard Savage*
* 1745 *Miscellaneous Observations on the Tragedy of Macbeth*
* 1756 "Life of Browne" in Thomas Browne's *Christian Morals* lan *Proposals for Printing, by Subscription, the Dramatick Works of William Shakespeare*
* 1765 *Preface to the Plays of William Shakespeare* lan *The Plays of William Shakespeare*
* 1779 – 1781 *Lives of the Poets*
### Kamus 
* 1755 *Preface to a Dictionary of the English Language* lan *A Dictionary of the English Language*
### Novèl 
* 1759 *The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia*

## Cathetan sikil 
## Pranala njaba 
* BBC audio file. *In Our Time* Radio 4 diskusi. 45 menit.
* A Monument More Durable Than Brass: The Donald and Mary Hyde Collection of Dr. Samuel Johnson  – online exhibition from Houghton Library, Harvard University.
* The Samuel Johnson Project  and sculpture initiative in Lichfield
* The Samuel Johnson Sound Bite Page, comprehensive collection of quotations
* The History Page at Dr. Johnson's House, London 
*  by James Boswell, abridged by Charles Grosvenor Osgood in 1917 "...&nbsp;omitt[ing] most of Boswell's criticisms, comments and notes, all of Johnson's opinions in legal cases, most of the letters,&nbsp;..."