1747 In Literature

Events

• Samuel Johnson begins work on his dictionary of the English language

New Books

• Monody (poetry) - George Lyttelton
• The Foundling (play) - Edward Moore

Births

• January 11 : de la Rochefoucauld
• January 15 : John Aikin, English doctor and writer (died 1822)
• December 12 : Anna Seward, English writer (died 1809)

Deaths

• January 16 : Barthold Heinrich Brockes
• November 17 : Alain-Ren Le Sage, French novelist and playwright (born 1668)

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