15th April 1755: Samuel Johnson publishes ‘A Dictionary of the English Language’ in London
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Historians broadly agree that the first true dictionary was created by Sir Thomas Elyot who published a book called a Dictionary in 1538 while working for Henry VIII. Johnson’s later work far superseded this by being the most comprehensive and detailed collection of the English language to date. Johnson’s dictionary was the ‘go to ...
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