Born Lichfield, England, September 18, 1709.

Johnson was not a healthy infant.

Johnson was scarred from scrofula, and suffered a loss of hearing and was blind in one eye.

Attended Oxford, but left for financial reasons.

In 1735, Johnson married Elizabeth Porter.

In 1737, he went to London as a writer for various periodicals.

Johnson wrote his best work in the 50`s, his Dictionary (1755), his Rambler essays (1750-52), his Idler essays (1758-60), and Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia (1759).

His wife died in 1752.

Johnson received a government pension in 1762.

Died on December 13, 1784.



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