Modern dictionaries have a longer masthead than the average magazine; my copy of Webster’s Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary lists 25 editors. But the first—and still, by some measures, the ...

Today would have been dictionary pioneer Samuel Johnson's 308th birthday and to honor his important innovations, Google created an animated Google Doodle just for him. 1. He authored “A Dictionary of ...

Sept. 18 (UPI) --Google is celebrating what would have been the 308th birthday of lexicographer Samuel Johnson with a new Doodle. Google's homepage features an animated sequence of Johnson inside of a ...

Today’s Google doodle celebrates the British writer, Samuel Johnson, on his 308th birthday. A poet, essayist, biographer and critic, Johnson was a prolific writer, but he is often best known for his ...

Google’s Doodle today commemorates the birthday of the compiler of the first authoritative English dictionary - Samuel Johnson, who was born 308 years ago today in Lichfield, Staffordshire. Already a ...

Back in late 18th-century London, Samuel Johnson was known for many things. He was an accomplished poet, playwright, and essayist. He was a literary critic and author of A Dictionary of the English ...

If you survey the geography of modern letters, three books stand out as signposts marking the beginning of paths that lead decisively away from all that went before. Augustine’s “Confessions,” the ...

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Before the Oxford English Dictionary was the go-to resource for our word-based needs, there was A Dictionary of the English Language. Its author, Samuel Johnson, is being honored by Google on Monday ...