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| Established | 1707 (House) 1901 (Museum) |
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| Location | Breadmarket Street, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England |
| Coordinates | 52°41′01″N 1°49′40″W / 52.683481°N 1.827886°W |
| Type | Biographical Museum |
| Collection size | 8,000 items |
| Visitors | 16,000 |
| Curator | Dr Johnson's Birthplace Trust (Lichfield City Council) |
| Website | http://www.samueljohnsonbirthplace.org.uk/ |
Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum is a biographical museum and bookshop located in the centre of the city of Lichfield, Staffordshire, in England. The building is a Grade I listed building situated at the corner of Market Street and Breadmarket Street opposite the market square.[1]
The museum opened in 1901 and is dedicated to the life and works of the author and lexicographer Samuel Johnson who wrote the first authoritative Dictionary of the English Language. Johnson's father built the house in 1707 and Samuel was born in the house on 18 September 1709 and spent the majority of his first 27 years in the house before leaving for London in 1737.[2] The house was used as a commercial property for various trades between the time of Johnson's death in 1784 until the house was bought for the city by John Gilbert in 1900 for the purpose of retaining the building as a museum to Johnson. The house remains in active use as a museum.
- ^ English Heritage: Images of England, retrieved 6 February 2011
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