Life of Mr Richard Savage

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Life of Mr Richard Savage (full title is An Account of the Life of Mr Richard Savage) was the first biography published by Samuel Johnson, and his first prose publication. It was released anonymously in 1744, and detailed the life of Richard Savage, an aristocrat who had died in 1743. [1] It has been described as "one of the best short biographies in English". [2]

Savage had led a controversial life, and Johnson used the material to try and attempt to answer some wider ethical questions. [1] The text was later included in The Lives of the Poets, published in 1779.

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  1. ^ a b Life of Mr Richard Savage Literary Encyclopedia Accessed October 2006
  2. ^ Richard Savage Encyclopedia Britannica, Accessed October 2006

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