Samuel Johnson utawa kang kondhang Dr. Johnson lair ing kutha lichfield, Inggris, tanggal 8 September 1709. Dhèwèké séda ing tanggal 13 Dhésèmber 1784. Johnson iku penulis saka Inggris kang duwé kontribusi akèh ing babagan sastra Inggris minangka penyair, panulis esai, moralis, kritikus sastra, panulis biografi, editor, lan leksikograf. Johnson iku wong kang akèh kontribusine ing babagan aksara Inggris. Dhèwèké uga dadi subjek "karya tunggal seni biografi kang paling misuwur ing sakabehing literatur": Kauripan James Boswell saka Samuel Johnson.

Sasuwene kerja sangang taun, Kamus Johnson ing Basa Inggris dibabarake ing taun 1755. Kamus iki duwé prabawa gedhé ing basa Inggris modern lan bisa digambarake minangka "salah siji prestasi tunggal gedhé dhéwé ing beasiswa". Kamus iku ndadèkaké Johnson dadi misuwur lan sukses. Nganti sarampunge Kamus Basa Inggris Oxford 150 taun sangarepe, Johnson dianggep wong kang gawé kamus unggulan Inggris. Karya-karyané iku kalebu esai, edisi beranotasi kang duwé prabawa drama William Shakespeare, lan carita Rasselas kang akèh diwaca. Taun 1763, dhèwèké kekancanan karo James Boswell. Dhèwèké banjur lunga adoh menyang Sekotlan. Johnson nyritakake caritane ing Perjalanan menyang KapuloanBarat Sekotlan. Ing pungkasaning uripé, dhèwèké bisa ndadèkaké kauripane dadi wong kang duwé kontribusi kang gedhé ing Penyair Inggris Paling Eminent, kumpulan biografi, lan evaluasi penyair-17 lan abad kaping 18.

Major works

Essai, Pamflet, periodikal, khotbah 
 1732 – 1733 Birmingham Journal
 1747 Plan for a Dictionary of the English Language
 1750 – 1752 The Rambler
 1753 – 1754 The Adventurer
 1756 Universal Visiter
 1756 The Literary Magazine, or Universal Review
 1758 – 1760 The Idler (1758–1760)
 1770 The False Alarm
 1771 Thoughts on the Late Transactions Respecting Falkland's Islands
 1774 The Patriot
 1775 A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland lan Taxation No Tyranny
 1781 The Beauties of Johnson

Geguritan 
 1728 Messiah, a translation into Latin of Alexander Pope's Messiah
 1738 London
 1747 Prologue at the Opening of the Theatre in Drury Lane
 1749 The Vanity of Human Wishes lan Irene, a Tragedy

Biografi lan kritik 
 1744 Life of Mr Richard Savage
 1745 Miscellaneous Observations on the Tragedy of Macbeth
 1756 "Life of Browne" in Thomas Browne's Christian Morals lan Proposals for Printing, by Subscription, the Dramatick Works of William Shakespeare
 1765 Preface to the Plays of William Shakespeare lan The Plays of William Shakespeare
 1779 – 1781 Lives of the Poets

Kamus 
 1755 Preface to a Dictionary of the English Language lan A Dictionary of the English Language

Novèl 
 1759 The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia

Cathetan sikil

Pranala njaba 
 BBC audio file. In Our Time Radio 4 diskusi. 45 menit.
 A Monument More Durable Than Brass: The Donald and Mary Hyde Collection of Dr. Samuel Johnson  – online exhibition from Houghton Library, Harvard University.
 The Samuel Johnson Project  and sculpture initiative in Lichfield
 The Samuel Johnson Sound Bite Page, comprehensive collection of quotations
 The History Page at Dr. Johnson's House, London 
  by James Boswell, abridged by Charles Grosvenor Osgood in 1917 "... omitt[ing] most of Boswell's criticisms, comments and notes, all of Johnson's opinions in legal cases, most of the letters, ..."

Inggris
Sastra