| His odd gestures and were disconcerting to some on first meeting him | Reddick, Alan 1990 , The Making of Johnson's Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press• Boswell's Life, along with , documented Johnson's behaviour and mannerisms in such detail that they have informed the of , a condition not defined or diagnosed in the 18th century |
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| a society based in London with regular meetings about Johnson | Birkbeck, editor 1897 , Johnsonian Miscellanies, Oxford |
Born in , Staffordshire, Johnson attended , for just over a year, but a lack of funds forced him to leave.
21| Johnson, Samuel 2003 , Jack, ed | Religiously, he was a devout , and politically a committed |
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| In the years following his death, Johnson began to be recognised as having had a lasting effect on literary criticism, and he was claimed by some to be the only truly great critic of English literature |
Bate, Walter Jackson 1955 , The Achievement of Samuel Johnson, Oxford: Oxford University Press,• His later works included essays, an influential annotated edition of , and the widely read tale.
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