Johnson's Dictionary Online

by Jared Dennis Freedline Jared Dennis Freedline, a History major at the University of Central Florida, wrote this reflection for an independent study course during the Fall 2021 semester. During my work on the Samuel Johnson Dictionary Project, I learned about Samuel Johnson work on the 1755 version of his dictionary. Also, I learned how words were used back in...

by Luke F. Luke F., an English major at the University of Central Florida, wrote this reflection for an internship during the Fall 2021 semester. I think that what is most important about Johnson, especially considering how many difficulties he ran into, is that he managed to create Dictionary despite it all.  What saddened me, to a depth that surprised...

by Sebastián J. Delgado Suárez Sebastián J. Delgado Suárez, a history major at the University of Central Florida, wrote this reflection for an independent study course during the Fall 2021 semester. I preface this by asserting that this is not by any means a sob story. This, instead,is the magnum opus of the Samuel Johnson Dictionary Project, but it also...

by Shannon Bristol Shannon Bristol, an English major at the University of Central Florida, wrote this reflection for an internship during the Fall 2021 semester. Putting Johnson’s Dictionary online as an archive is important. Johnson’s dictionary had a wide reach throughout all English speaking countries, including America. It predates the (now more common in usage in America) Webster’s Dictionary, which...

by Symone R. Blount Symone R. Blount, a History major at the University of Central Florida, wrote this reflection for an independent study course during the Fall 2021 semester. Samuel Johnson is known as one of the greatest figures of life and letters. His work as a lexicographer and writer is why the eighteenth century is often regarded as the...

by Kayla Aranda Kayla Aranda, an English major at the University of Central Florida, wrote this reflection for an internship during the Fall 2021 semester. Johnson In the Modern World Now, it is more important than ever to completely digitize Samuel Johnson’s Dictionary. In a world where most people turn to googling a words definition or searching the internet for...

by Kristal Torres Kristal Torres wrote this reflection while enrolled in LIN 4660 Linguistics and Literature at the University of Central Florida during the Spring 2021 semester. Samuel Johnson was an English writer, he wrote poems, plays, essays and much more. Most notably Johnson wrote “A Dictionary of the English Language” and while dictionaries had been written before, none were...

by Justin Smith Justin Smith worked on Johnson’s Dictionary Online while enrolled in LIN 4660 Linguistics and Literature at the University of Central Florida during the Spring 2021 semester. Working on the Johnson’s Dictionary Online project, I learned how passion could make the most tedious work enjoyable and turn staring into pages of coding into something you look forward to....

by Jack Scheidhauer Jack Scheidhauer, an English major at the University of Central Florida, began working on this project as a volunteer in early 2020. He wrote this reflection for LIN 4660 Linguistics and Literature during the Spring 2021 semester. Why is Johnson’s Dictionary worth putting online? The importance of having Johnson’s dictionary online lies in having the historical meanings...

by Haley Woods Haley Woods, an English major at the University of Central Florida, wrote this reflection for an internship during the Fall 2021 semester. Throughout my experiences at UCF, I’ve never been so lucky to participate in a wonderful internship opportunity like this. My name is Haley Woods, I’m a Sophomore at UCF, and by engaging in this wonderful...