Tuesday, April 05, 2011

Samuel Johnson



Critic, Essayist, Philologist, Biographer, Wit, Poet, Moralist, Dramatist, Political Writer, Talker. So says the inscription. It doesn't say he was nice to his cat and he loved London, but he was and he did. The statue is in St Clement Danes, by Aldwych, around the corner from his house - "The gift and handiwork of Percy Fitzgerald". So now you know.

posted by Ham at 00:02 -- Comments here: 2

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Blogger Ham said ... (15:28) : 

Fed up with Echo commenting, temporarily back to Blogger until I can find something better

 

Blogger Stan Szczesny said ... (21:05) : 

Thanks for posting this! I love Samuel Johnson. I was unfamiliar with this statue before this photo. Here's a link to some of my recent posts on Johnson:

http://stansgreatbooksblog.blogspot.com/search/label/Samuel%20Johnson

 

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