The Life of Samuel Johnson - James Boswell [802]
Slater, Philip (fl. 1776), the druggist: 555
Smalbroke, Dr Richard (c. 1716–1805), chancellor of the diocese of Lichfield: 78
Smalridge, Dr George (1663–1719), bishop of Bristol (1714); Tory preacher; chaplain-in-ordinary to Queen Anne (1710); dean of Carlisle (1711); referred to by Swift as ‘the famous Dr Smalridge’; helped secure early appointments of Atterbury but friendship later cooled: 657
Smart, Christopher (1722–71), poet; editor and principal writer of The Midwife (1750–53); most commended for the poems A Song to David, the Hymns and Spiritual Songs for the Fasts and Festivals of the Church of England and Jubilate agno, all written while in a private madhouse at Bethnal Green (1757–63); translated Horace (4 vols., 1767); poet of substantial achievement as well as revolutionary vision: 165, 211, 446, 865 n. a, 870
Smart, Mrs (d. 1809), wife of the above: 962 n. a
Smith, Adam (1723–90), moral philosopher and political economist; close intellectual alliance and friendship with Hume; pivotal figure in the Scottish Enlightenment; professor of logic at Glasgow University (1751–64); author of The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759) and An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (1776); rector of Glasgow University (1787); commissioner of Customs in Edinburgh (1778): 44, 226, 252, 495, 525 n. a, 585, 702–3, 775 andn. b, 867, 983 n. b
Smith, Captain (fl. 1778), General Hall’s aide-de-camp at Warley Camp: 719
Smith, Edmund (1672–1710), poet and playwright; ode on the death of Edward Pococke and elegy on John Philips both greatly admired by S.J.; best known for the tragedy Phaedra and Hippolitus (1707); associated with Addison and his Whig circle; reverenced by S.J. in his Life as a poet who attained high reputation without much labour purely through the possession of ‘uncommon abilities’: 48, 668
Smith, Henry (1756?–89): 810 and n. 1020
Smith, John (1657–1726), Lord Chief Baronof Exchequer: 850 n. a
Smith, Mr (fl. 1770), of Bishop’s Stortford: 320
Smith, Revd Lawrence (c. 1716–1800), vicar of Southill, Beds.: 833, 945
‘Smith, S.’, name assumed by S.J.in 1734: 54
Smollett, Tobias (1721–71), writer; medical practitioner; reputation established through three major novels –Roderick Random (1748), Peregrine Pickle(1751) and Humphry Clinker (1771) – employing picaresque and epistolary modes; author of the Complete History of England (4 vols., 1758); editor of The Briton and the Critical Review (until 1763); considerable influence on Dickens; friend and colleague of Goldsmith; edited the Works of Voltaire (1761–5): 536, 651
Socrates (469–399bc), ancient Greek philosopher; judicially Murdered on charges of religious innovation and the corruption of Athenian youth: 121–2, 206 n. b, 275, 603 n. a, 667, 786, 808
Sodor and Man, bishop of, seeRichmond, DrRichard
Solander, Dr Daniel Charles (1736?–82), botanist; secretary and librarian to Sir Joseph Banks; fellow of the Royal Society (1764); keeper of the natural history collections in the British Museum (1773); responsible for much of the scientific Content of the first editionof theHortus Kewensis; catalogued the natural history specimens in the British Museum (1763): 336, 339
Somers, John Somers, Baron (1651–1716), lawyer and politician; Solicitor-General (1689); recorder of Gloucester (1689); Attorney General (1692); Lord Keeper of the Great Seal (1693); Privy Councillor (1693); Lord Chancellor (1697); president of the Royal Society (1698–1703); member of the Kit-Cat Club; patron of the arts, receiving dedications from Swift and Addison; Lord President of the Council (1708): 433 n. b
Somerset, or Sommerset, James (fl. 1772), slave; left the service of his master in England, after arriving from Virginia, and refused to return; case brought into focus the collision of colonial and domestic laws regarding slavery; verdict by Lord Mansfield had the effect of questioning the legality of slavery: 638
Somerville, James Somerville, 12th Baron