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September 1709 A.D. Samuel Johnson Born
Samuel Johnson (1709 to 1784)
Church of England
His Vast Vocabulary Included Christian Words.
Samuel Johnson was born in Litchfield, England.
After some writing and publishing, he achieved the notable success of creating
a monumental English language dictionary with examples of word use. This was
not the first English-language dictionary, as we are often told: a clergyman by
the name of Bailey had produced an earlier dictionary which Johnson on which
Johnson collated his words. Johnson was a faithful Anglican, a man of profound
charity, and a pious writer. He seems never to have been assured of his salvation although deeply aware of his
need for redemption through Christ. After his death in 1784, his Prayers and
Meditations were published, revealing a continual soul-searching.
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