2.
Samuel Johnson (born Lichfield, Staffordshire,
England 18 September 1709; died London 13
December 1784)
He was a famous writer.
3. His father had a bookshop, but he was very poor
Samuel went to school in Lichfield. When he
was nineteen he went to the
University of Oxford
A few years later he married a woman 21 years
older than he was
4.
They went to live in London, where he tried to
make a living by writing but for many years he
was very poor.
Samuel' s wife was called Elizabeth Porter
