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From: The Independent on Sunday
Date: 20040808
Author:Claudia Pritchard

1Dr Johnson in Lichfield and London

Samuel Johnson was born on 18 September 1709 and raised in the new three-storey house built by his bookseller father. Rooms include a bookshop and tableaux depicting 18th-century domestic life. Visitors can consult the Dictionary on CD-rom and try the author's favourite dish, Staffordshire oatmeal. From 29 September to 3 October the Celeb18th festival salutes Lichfield's famous son in a salute to 18th- century life.

After the failure of the school that Johnson opened with his wife, Elizabeth, he moved to London, and lived at 17 Gough Square, off Fleet ...

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