# Samuel Johnson — Confessions of an English Opium-Eater character guide

> Samuel Johnson in Confessions of an English Opium-Eater by Thomas De Quincey.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Dr. Johnson

**First appearance:** 0003-part-ii-the-pleasures-of-opium

## Who they are

The English writer and lexicographer, cited as an authority on opium.

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