Who wrote the first English dictionary?

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)

Brief History: Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) was an English writer who made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer. Samuel Johnson compiled English Dictionary in1755.

His well-known works :

1. A Voyage to Abyssinia
2. London: A Poem
3. The Vanity of Human Wishes
4. The Tragedy of Irene
5. The Patriot (Pamphlet)
6. Preface to Shakespeare
7. The False alarms