Samuel Johnson's House (London)

United Kingdom / England / London / Gough Square, 17
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"It is not in the showy evolutions of buildings, but in the multiplicity of human habitations which are crowded together, that the wonderful immensity of London consists."
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Johnson
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Coordinates:   51°30'54"N   -0°6'29"E

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  • Wrote first Dictionary of the English Language. 18th Century was knows as The Age of Johnson. Subject of the first and greatest biography.
  • Also most quoted Englishman after Shakespeare.
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