Best known for his Dictionary of the English Language, Samuel Johnson spent the first 27 years of his life in this five storey Grade I listed trader's townhouse. The house was built in 1707 for Michael and Sarah Johnson, Samuel’s parents. It served as both the Johnson family home and Michael’s bookshop. Samuel was born on the first floor in September 1709. He left Lichfield in 1937 to find work as a writer in London where he published his Dictionary of the English Language in 1755. The house has been turned into a museum and although quite sparse in furniture it makes up for it in information boards and exhibits in every room. It is well worth a look round.