Samuel Johnson is famously known for single-handedly creating the first recognized dictionary of the English language, just one of many his many renowned accomplishments.
The biography of this remarkable writer, dramatist, poet, and moralist was penned by his friend, James Boswell , in 1791.
An immediate success upon its publication, this work has come to be considered the greatest biography produced in the English language, and has earned Boswell the reputation as a wonderful.