Dr. Johnson by Thomas Trotter - engraving 1786 Samuel Johnson LL.D. (September 18 [O.S. September 7] 1709 -13 December 1784), often referred to simply as Dr Johnson, is one of England's best known literary figures: a poet, essayist, biographer, lexicographer and a critic of English literature. He was also a great wit and prose stylist, well known for his aphorisms. Dr Johnson is the most quoted of English writers after Shakespeare and has been described as one of the outstanding figures of 18th-century England. 固opFoto