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A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson. Penguin Classic in purple and black cover. Sitting on my desk chair.

Happy Biographer's Day. #OnThisDay in 1763 Samuel Johnson, creator of the first English dictionary, met his biographer and friend James Boswell for the first time.
#amreading his dictionary this summer.
#etymology #biographersday #biography #nonfiction

Of Course, Samuel Johnson Met James Boswell in a Bookstore James Boswell had been in London for half a year, and had still not met Samuel Johnson, much though he wanted to: he had read The Rambler and Rasselas, and admired Johnson as a master of wisdom. Th…

—“Mr. Johnson, (said I) I do indeed come from Scotland, but I cannot help it.”
—“That, Sir, I find, is what a very great many of your countrymen cannot help.”

May 16 is #BiographersDay – marking the date in 1763 when James Boswell first met Samuel Johnson
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Of Course, Samuel Johnson Met James Boswell in a Bookstore James Boswell had been in London for half a year, and had still not met Samuel Johnson, much though he wanted to: he had read The Rambler and Rasselas, and admired Johnson as a master of wisdom. Th…

—“Mr. Johnson, (said I) I do indeed come from Scotland, but I cannot help it.”
—“That, Sir, I find, is what a very great many of your countrymen cannot help.”

May 16 is #BiographersDay – marking the 1st meeting of James Boswell & Samuel Johnson in 1763
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lithub.com/of-course-sa...

It's #BiographersDay so I'm just gonna put this here again: https://x.com/torstenkathke/status/719038859330203649