JOHNSON

dr., was born in 1709, and died in 17S4. His poverty compelled him to leave Oxford without taking a degree, and after a very chequered career as usher, bookseller, etc., he removed to London in 1737. " Ra clas ” was written in one week (1759), to appeared in 1750-52, and “ The Idler ” in 1758-60. lie was engaged on the Dictionary from 1747 * l> * 755- He brides in 1773. His last work was his “ Lives of the Poets.”