An Account of the Life of Dr. Samuel Johnson from his birth to his Eleventh Year, Written by Himself. To Which are added Original Letters to Dr. Samuel Johnson by Miss Hill Boothby.
Samuel Johnson (1709 – 1784), often called Dr Johnson, was an English writer who made lasting contributions as a poet, playwright, essayist, moralist, literary critic, sermonist, biographer, editor, and lexicographer. The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography calls him "arguably the most distinguished man of letters in English history".
