What happened in the 1730s?
🗣️ Publication of Samuel Johnson's Dictionary Plan (1737): Johnson announces his ambitious project to compile an English dictionary.
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Further Reading
- Johnson's Plan of an English Dictionary - Jack Lynch (jacklynch.net)
- Johnson's Dictionary - University of Glasgow (ac.uk)
- Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language - ThoughtCo (thoughtco.com)
- A Dictionary of the English Language - Wikipedia (wikipedia.org)
- A Dictionary of the English Language | Definition & Facts - Britannica (britannica.com)
- About Johnson's Dictionary (johnsonsdictionaryonline.com)
- Exactly how long did Johnson take to complete his dictionary? (stackexchange.com)
- Publication of Samuel Johnson's Dictionary - History Today (historytoday.com)