Tag: Samuel Johnson

  • Arts & Culture

    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.

    2–3 minutes
  • Arts & Culture

    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.

    5–7 minutes
  • Arts & Culture

    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.’

    3–4 minutes