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  2. A Dictionary of the English Language - Wikipedia

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    Johnson's Dictionary, sixth folio edition, 1785 : Volume 1 and Volume 2 at the Internet Archive. Plan and Preface of A Dictionary of the English Language public domain audiobook at LibriVox; Web site : Samuel Johnson Dictionary Sources, an extensive examination of the sources of quotations in Johnson's Dictionary.

  3. Samuel Johnson's literary criticism - Wikipedia

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    Johnson's thoughts on biography and on poetry found their union in his understanding of what would make a good critic. His works were dominated with his intent to use them for literary criticism, including his Dictionary to which he wrote: "I lately published a Dictionary like those compiled by the academies of Italy and France, for the use of such as aspire to exactness of criticism, or ...

  4. Template:Find biographical sources - Wikipedia

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    This template displays a list of links to various sources and biographical databases queried on a given topic. Template parameters [Edit template data] This template prefers inline formatting of parameters. Parameter Description Type Status Subject 1 The first unnamed parameter contains the name of the person or subject to be searched. Example Mahatma Gandhi Line optional See also ...

  5. Category:Dictionary source templates - Wikipedia

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    [[Category:Dictionary source templates]] to the <includeonly> section at the bottom of that page. Otherwise, add <noinclude>[[Category:Dictionary source templates]]</noinclude> to the end of the template code, making sure it starts on the same line as the code's last character.

  6. Wikipedia:Template index/Sources of articles - Wikipedia

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    For full description of a template and the parameters which can be used with it—click the template name (e.g. {} or {}) in the "template" column of the table below. Required field(s) are indicated in bold; Copy and paste the text under "common usage" to use the template. Following each example is the resulting article text.

  7. Samuel Johnson Jr. - Wikipedia

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    The coincidence of names leads many people to believe that this last one was the author of the dictionary. Rather, Johnson Jr. was from an old Guilford family; his father was a clothier, [3] and his great uncle was the Rev. Dr. Samuel Johnson (1696–1772), noted theologian, and first President of King's College (now Columbia University). [3]

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  9. Henry Hitchings - Wikipedia

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    In 2005, Hitchings published Dr Johnson's Dictionary: The Extraordinary Story of the Book that Defined the World, [4] a biography of Samuel Johnson's epochal A Dictionary of the English Language (1755). The first popular account of Dr Johnson's magnum opus, it "charts the struggle and ultimate triumph of one of the first attempts to 'fix' the ...