Samuel Johnson was no Mel Gibson ... where he was an impoverished but extremely well-read student. Johnson, Boswell wrote, "felt himself overwhelmed with an horrible hypochondria, with perpetual ...

And then, late in 1784, Samuel Johnson died of congestive heart failure at age 75. The news left Boswell “stunned, and in a kind of amaze.” It was well known that he had long intended to write ...

Dramatisation by Robin Brooks of James Boswell's biography of Samuel Johnson, to celebrate the 300th anniversary of Johnson's birth ...

There are many basic but essential facts to be learned about Samuel Johnson. For example, he was born in 1709 and died in 1784. His life spanned the reign of four British Monarchs: Queen Anne ...

Samuel Johnson was also praised by the Earl of Chesterfield ... His biographer, James Boswell, wrote that Johnson was once invited to give a toast at Oxford University and raised his glass ...

In the autumn of 1773, the English writer Samuel Johnson visits the Hebrides, or Western Isles, off the North-West coast of Scotland. With him are his friend, the Scotsman James Boswell ...

The film discusses notable biographies, including James Boswell's "The Life of Samuel Johnson," Benjamin Franklin's "The Autobiography," and George Washington's life as depicted by various authors.