Tag: Samuel Johnson

  • Nation & World

    Challenging ‘eureka’ with rigor

    Renowned British biographer Richard Holmes, speaking at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, reflected on what biography can tell us about science.

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  • Nation & World

    The history at Houghton

    Houghton, a template for university literary archives everywhere, also has room for the odd: A Thoreau pencil, a Dickinson teacup, and more.

    6 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Johnson at 300

    Harvard’s Houghton Library, home to a comprehensive collection related to 18th century English literature, sponsored a three-day international literary celebration of lexicographer, poet, essayist, and moralist Samuel Johnson, born 300 years ago this year. His work has inspired centuries of scholarship and generations of fervent ‘Johnsonians.’

    3 minutes