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Drafting the Plan

When: 1747
Where: London
Part of: Samuel Johnson begins work on A Dictionary of the English Language

By 1747, Johnson had written his Plan of a Dictionary, detailing his methodology.

Johnson completed his Plan of a Dictionary of the English Language by 1747. This document spelled out his intentions and proposed methodology for preparing the dictionary, which he prepared at 17 Gough Square, London, between 1746 and 1755.

Sources

A Dictionary of the English Language Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-02

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