Samuel Johnson (1649 - 1703), political writer, sometimes called "the Whig" to distinguish him from the later acclaimed author and lexiographer of the same name. Of humble extraction, he was educated at St. Paul's School and Cambridge, and took orders. He attacked James II in "Julian the Apostate" (1682), and was imprisoned. He continued, however, his attacks on the Government by pamphlets, … Wikipedia
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