Publishing Details

 Johnson's Dictionary was published in 1755 for a group of affluent booksellers in the area of London by William Strahan, a    prominent publisher and friend of David Hume and Adam Smith. Strahan would be the principle publisher of Johnson's      dictionary and be partially reponsible for its distribution and continued success. Strahan published several other noteworthy        authors including Edward Gibbon, David Hume, Adam Smith, William Blackstone, and Hugh Blair. Strahan's extensive                connections allowed for Samuel Johnson to meet several other prominent authors of his day and expose him to societal          elites and their ideas. Johnson would remain a close friend of Strahan into their later years and would continue to engage in    intellectual discourse with Strahan throughout his life.