The birthplace of Samuel Johnson at Lichfield in Staffordshire, England. This Grade I listed building, which is now a museum, stands on the corner of Breadmarket Street and Market Street and overlooks the Market Square. Dr Samuel Johnson 1709-1784, was a famous lexicographer and writer of the first authorative English Dictionary, entitled “A Dictionary of the English Language”. This building was his home for the first 27 years of his life.