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13 December 1784. Samuel Johnson died (aged 75). He compiled, A Dictionary of the English Language. He was a devout Anglican and a committed Tory. The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography described him as “arguably the most distinguished man of letters in English history”. https://t.co/jRuZpKgTFf
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Samuel Johnson died #onthisday in 1784. The great man of letters was portrayed on more than one occasion by the much-missed Robbie Coltrane. Here's part one of 1993's Boswell & Johnson's Tour Of The Western Isles, directed by Tutti Frutti's... /1 https://t.co/uF09XdNVIj
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On this date in 1784 Samuel Johnson, regarded as one of the greatest figures of 18th-century life and letters for his biographies and essays, died in London.