<Tr> <Th> Publisher </Th> <Td> consortium </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Publication date </Th> <Td> 15 April 1755 </Td> </Tr> <P> Published on 15 April 1755 and written by Samuel Johnson, A Dictionary of the English Language, sometimes published as Johnson's Dictionary, is among the most influential dictionaries in the history of the English language . </P> <P> There was dissatisfaction with the dictionaries of the period, so in June 1746 a group of London booksellers contracted Johnson to write a dictionary for the sum of 1,500 guineas (£ 1,575), equivalent to about £ 220,000 in 2017 . Johnson took seven years to complete the work, although he had claimed he could finish it in three . Remarkably, he did so single - handedly, with only clerical assistance to copy out the illustrative quotations that he had marked in books . Johnson produced several revised editions during his life . </P>

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