The seasons

1700 – 1748

18 September 1709 – 13 December 1784

Samuel Johnson, was an English author who made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer. Johnson was a devout Anglican and committed Tory, and has been described as "arguably the most distinguished man of letters in English history".[1] He is also the subject of "the most famous single work of biographical art in the whole of literature": James Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson.[2] ([Source][1].) [1]:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Johnson