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Samuel Johnson commemorative plaque at Dr Johnson's House. Built at the end of the 17th century by wool merchant Richard Gough [2] (died 1728), [3] it is a rare example of a house of its era which survives in the City of London (this refers only to the 'Square Mile' of the City area, as there are many other houses of this period elsewhere in Greater London) and is the only one of Johnson's 18 ...
City and County of the City of London: House and gate: 1956: 4 January 1950 ... Dr. Johnson's House. More images. Guildhall: City and County of the City of London ...
Statue of Hodge in the courtyard outside Dr Johnson's House, 17 Gough Square, London. Hodge (fl. c.1769) was one of Samuel Johnson's cats, immortalised in a characteristically whimsical passage in James Boswell's 1791 book Life of Johnson.
Though the initial formation was proposed by Sir Joshua Reynolds, Dr. Samuel Johnson became the person most closely associated with the Club. John Timbs, in his Club Life in London, gives an account of the Club's centennial dinner in 1864, which was celebrated at the Clarendon hotel. Henry Hart Milman, the English historian, was treasurer.
Francis Barber (c. 1742/3 [1] – 13 January 1801), [2] born Quashey, was the Jamaican manservant of Samuel Johnson in London from 1752 until Johnson's death in 1784. Johnson made him his residual heir , with £ 70 (equivalent to £11,000 in 2023) a year to be given him by trustees, expressing the wish that he move from London to Lichfield ...
Pages in category "Historic house museums in London" The following 54 pages are in this category, out of 54 total. ... Danson House; Dr Johnson's House; Down House; E ...
Samuel Johnson (18 September [O.S. 7 September] 1709 – 13 December 1784), often called Dr Johnson, was an English writer who made lasting contributions as a poet, playwright, essayist, moralist, literary critic, sermonist, biographer, editor, and lexicographer.
Dr. Johnson's House, 17 Gough Square, London; United States. Alabama. John Johnson House (Leighton, Alabama) Arkansas. Johnson House (514 East 8th Street, Little Rock ...