FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
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William Shakespeare
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John Milton
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Chaucer
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Ben Johnson
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Detailed explanation-1: -The authors most frequently cited by Johnson include Shakespeare, Milton and Dryden.
Detailed explanation-2: -Samuel Johnson’s Dictionary of the English Language is one of the most famous dictionaries in history. First published in 1755, the dictionary took just over eight years to compile, required six helpers and listed 40, 000 words.
Detailed explanation-3: -Robert Cawdrey’s Table Alphabeticall, published in 1604, was the first single-language English dictionary ever published. It lists approximately 3000 words, defining each one with a simple and brief description.
Detailed explanation-4: -Johnson’s travel writings include A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland (1775). His Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English Poets (1779–81) was a significant critical work.
Detailed explanation-5: -Samuel Johnson did not write the first English dictionary, a fact that often is overlooked, despite the efforts of a number of superb Johnson scholars, such as Jack Lynch, to disabuse the world of this notion. But he did write the first American dictionary.