Person

Robert Dodsley

Events
1
Episodes
1
Years
1746

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Robert Dodsley, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Samuel Johnson's Dictionary Contract

    1746

    Role: Publisher and consortium member

    1. 18 June 1746 · LondonContract Signing

      Johnson signed a 1,500-guinea contract with William Strahan and associates to write an authoritative English dictionary.

Sources

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