Mr. Keizer is an author and a contributing editor of Harper’s Magazine and Virginia Quarterly Review. If resolution makers wanted a patron saint, they could do worse than Samuel Johnson (1709 to ...

One of the most influential contributors to modern language, Samuel Johnson's Dictionary is celebrating its 250th anniversary. ... "To make dictionaries is dull work." P is for Poverty - His father ...

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary: Selections from the 1755 Work That Defined the English Language Samuel Johnson. Levenger Press, $0 (646pp) ISBN 978-1-929154-10-4.

Samuel Johnson has opened up about his decision to become the town postie and how his new career has helped him keep his drinking in check. Last year, the Golden Logie winner, 47, who found fame ...

Back in late 18th-century London, Samuel Johnson was known for many things. He was an accomplished poet, playwright, and essayist. He was a literary critic and author of A Dictionary of the ...

Samuel Johnson has taken to social media to urge his followers to help make the dreams of a woman suffering from Stage 4 terminal bowel cancer come true.. The Australian actor, 44, posted on ...

Warning: This story contains discussion of suicide. Actor and cancer campaigner Samuel Johnson can't remember the car crash that nearly killed him, but he has an unlikely name for it: "The good ...

"Johnson's father built the house in 1707 and Samuel was born in the house on 18 September, 1709 and spent the majority of his first 27 years in the house before leaving for London in 1737.