(October 29, 1740-May 19, 1795)
Traveling companion of Dr. Samuel Johnson
Wrote ‘The Life of Samuel Johnson (1791)’

He was a failed lawyer.
He married his cousin.
He was addicted to liquor, gambling and sex.
He got gonorrhea 17 times in 30 years.
He died of his combined venereal diseases.
He followed Samuel Johnson everywhere, constantly sucking up to him.
His name is now synonymous with ‘sidekick.’

His father beat him.
Two of his sons died as babies.
He was a gifted writer.
One critic called his ‘Life of Johnson’ ‘perhaps the greatest biography in the English language.’

Credit: Wieland Kalligaro

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