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The History of Rasselas

British author, linguist & lexicographer Samuel Johnson was born #OTD in 1709.

Johnson’s most famous achievement is his Dictionary, which was the first major comprehensive dictionary of English. It became the standard reference work for decades and influenced the way dictionaries were compiled.

Samuel Johnson at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/297

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