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Samuel Johnson was also praised by the Earl of ... opportunity to voice his opposition to slavery. His biographer, James Boswell, wrote that Johnson was once invited to give a toast at Oxford ...

Google’s Doodle today commemorates the birthday of the compiler of the first authoritative English dictionary - Samuel ... efforts of Johnson’s faithful biographer, James Boswell.