print email comment close Samuel Johnson & The Dictionary URL: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/rbc/other_colls/johnson.html Description: This exhibit looks at Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language, which was started in 1746 and finally published in 1755. Includes brief background information on the creation of the dictionary, a selected bibliography, sample dictionary entries, illustrations, and related links. From the Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University, Calif. Publisher: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University Dublin Core Material Type: Text, Image Library of Congress Subject Headings: Authors, English -- 18th century English language -- Dictionaries Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784. Dictionary of the English language People LII Database Information: Record 9665 created by Tom McGibney on 09/20/2003 Last modification on 07/03/2006 Published: 09/20/2003   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/9665