The Life of Samuel Johnson

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It is a pleasure to acknowledge here the contribution to the preparation of this edition made by my research assistants, Guy Bingley, Rachel Hewitt and (above all) Guy Cuthbertson. The generous grant of a term of sabbatical leave in early 2007 gave me time to prepare the final document; for that, and for various other kinds of practical support, I am very grateful to the University of Oxford, and to its Faculty of English.

St Catherine’s College, Oxford

2007

Chronologies

SAMUEL JOHNSON

1709 Born on 18 September in Lichfield; son of Michael and Sarah Johnson.

1712 Touched for the king’s evil, or scrofula, by Queen Anne.

1717–25 Attends Lichfield Grammar School.

1728 Enters Pembroke College, Oxford, in October.

1729 Leaves Oxford in December.

1731 Death of his father, Michael Johnson.

1732 Works as an usher, or assistant teacher, at Market Bosworth school.

1733 Translates Jerome Lobo’s A Voyage to Abyssinia; contributes essays to the Birmingham Journal.

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