The Historian · Charlotte · London
Dr Johnson's House
I find this the most moving small museum in London. Not for the relics but for the garret — a man defined the language in a room that size.
Samuel Johnson compiled the first great English dictionary here between 1746 and 1755. The garret room where the work happened is intact.
— Charlotte, The Historian
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