In which city was Dr Samuel Johnson born, in 1709?
Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum is a biographical museum and bookshop located in the centre of the city of Lichfield, Staffordshire, in England. The building is a Grade I listed building situated at the corner of Market Street and Breadmarket Street opposite the market square. The museum opened in 1901 and is dedicated to the life and works of the author and lexicographer Samuel Johnson who wrote the first authoritative "Dictionary of the English Language". Johnson's father built the house in 1707 and Samuel was born in the house on 18 September 1709 and spent the majority
Samuel Johnson Samuel Johnson Samuel Johnson (18 September 1709 – 13 December 1784), often referred to as Dr. Johnson, was an English writer who made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, playwright, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer. He was a devout Anglican and a generous philanthropist. Politically, he was a committed Tory. The "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography" describes Johnson as "arguably the most distinguished man of letters in English history". He is the subject of James Boswell's "The Life of Samuel Johnson", described by Walter Jackson Bate as "the most famous single work of biographical art