Short answers, pulled from the story.
Samuel Johnson was born on the 18th of September 1709 in Lichfield. His mother Sarah was forty years old during the delivery, and a man-midwife named George Hector assisted with the difficult birth.
Samuel Johnson contracted scrofula known as the King's Evil which left permanent scars across his face and body. A posthumous diagnosis of Tourette syndrome became widely accepted two hundred years after his death.
Samuel Johnson claimed he could finish the project in three years yet it took eight years of constant work. The final product appeared in April 1755 with 42,773 entries.
On the 9th of July 1735 Samuel Johnson married Elizabeth Porter at St Werburgh's Church in Derby. She was forty-six while he was twenty-five causing disgust among her son Jervis who severed all relations.
He fell into a coma on the 13th of December 1784 after meeting Miss Morris and Francesco Sastres. His final words were iam moriturus meaning now I am about to die before he died at 7:00 pm that evening.