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'''Samuel Johnson''' (18 September 1709 (O.S.) 7 September&nbsp;– 13 December 1784), often referred to as '''Dr. Johnson''', was an English author who made lasting contributions to  English literature as a poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor and  lexicographer. Johnson was a devout Anglican  and committed Tory, and has been described as "arguably the most distinguished man of letters in English history."<ref>Rogers, Pat (2006), "Johnson, Samuel (1709–1784)", ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (online ed.), Oxford University Press, [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/14918], retrieved 25 August 2008</ref> He is also the subject of "the most famous single work of biographical art in the whole of literature":  James Boswell 's '' Life of Samuel Johnson ''.<ref name="Batexix">{{Harvnb|Bate|1977|p=xix}}</ref>

'''Samuel Johnson''' (18 September 1709 (O.S.) 7 September&nbsp;– 13 December 1784), often referred to as '''Dr. Johnson''', was an English author who made lasting contributions to  English literature as a poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor and  lexicographer. Johnson was a devout Anglican  and committed Tory, and has been described as "arguably the most distinguished man of letters in English history."<ref>Rogers, Pat (2006), "Johnson, Samuel (1709–1784)", ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (online ed.), Oxford University Press, [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/14918], retrieved 25 August 2008</ref> He is also the subject of "the most famous single work of biographical art in the whole of literature":  James Boswell 's '' Life of Samuel Johnson ''.<ref name="Batexix">{{Harvnb|Bate|1977|p=xix}}</ref>