Dr Johnson's House

Dr Johnson's House is one of the few original 18th-century houses preserved in central London. In the years 1748-1759 Samuel Johnson, the creator of "A dictionary of the English language" (1755) - the first English dictionary lived here. Currently, the house is reconstructed, together with period equipment (furniture, paintings). It houses a museum presenting Johnson's biography and achievements.

In today's museum building, Johnson's most famous work - the English dictionary - was created. The groundbreaking publication did not bring the writer expected profits. The museum presents, among others facsimile of the dictionary with notes and corrections, and a portrait of Francis Barber, a Jamaican servant Johnson, to whom the writer left most of his property.

After Johnson left the house, it housed a hotel, a printing house, and finally a warehouse. In 1911, the property magnate Cecil Harmsworth became the owner of the property, who renovated the house and made it available to the public in 1914.