After nine years of work, ' A Dictionary of the English Language' was published in 1755. Who was the compiler?
A Dictionary of the English Language A Dictionary of the English Language Published on 4 April 1755 and written by Samuel Johnson, A Dictionary of the English Language, sometimes published as Johnson's Dictionary, is among the most influential dictionaries in the history of the English language. There was dissatisfaction with the dictionaries of the period, so in June 1746 a group of London booksellers contracted Johnson to write a dictionary for the sum of 1,500 guineas (£1,575), equivalent to about £ in 2019. Johnson took seven years to complete the work, although he had claimed he could finish it in three. He did so single-handedly, with
The Imperial Dictionary of the English Language the "Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia", published 1889–1891. An adaptation of the "Imperial" by George W. Ogilvie, called "Webster's Imperial Dictionary", was published in 1904, versions and revisions of which have been issued under various titles, including "Webster's Universal Dictionary" and "Webster's Twentieth Century Dictionary". The Imperial Dictionary of the English Language The Imperial Dictionary of the English Language: "A Complete Encyclopedic Lexicon, Literary, Scientific, and Technological", edited by Rev. John Ogilvie (1797–1867), was an expansion of the 1841 second edition of Noah Webster's "American Dictionary". It was published by W. G. Blackie and Co. of Scotland, 1847–1850 in two large