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| Samuel Johnson III: Founding of the SpectorIn 1711, English British essayists Joseph Addison and Richard Steele founded a periodical known as the The Spectator. It exposed the growing British middle class to the ideas of the Enlightenment and gave authors a chance to try out a new style: the periodic essay.Grades 9-12 English |
| Introduction to Samuel Johnson2009 marks the 300th anniversary of the birth of one of the greatest figures of 18th century English life and letters. His contemporaries knew him simply as "Dr. Johnson."Grades 9-12 English |
| Introduction to Samuel Johnson IIPoet, biographer, lexicographer, critic and essayist Samuel Johnson was born 300 years ago in the midlands village of Lichfield, England.Grades 9-12 English |
