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Sue Perkins explores the house of Dr Johnson, author of 18th century English dictionary.

Sue Perkins explores Dr Johnson's house in London – pioneering author of A Dictionary of the English Language (1755). From 2009.

Sue Perkins explores the house of Samuel Johnson - author of  'A Dictionary of the English Language'.  

Published in 1755, this book was to set the standard for all future dictionaries.

Comedian Sue also pays a visit to the British Library for a whirlwind tour of the earliest English dictionaries, with all their attendant quirks and oddities.

With:  

Biographer, Henry Hitchens 
Oxford English Dictionary Editor, John Simpson  
Antiquarian bookseller, Karen Thomson 

Producer: Sarah Jane Hall

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2009.

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