Born 1709.—Died 1784.—Anne.—George I.—George II.—George III.

The son of a bookseller at Lichfield, was a man of immense learning and capacity. His English Dictionary, Essays, Rambler, Idler, Rasselas, and Tour to the Hebrides, show his great range of knowledge and powers of mind. His life has been admirably written by his friend James Boswell.