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Who founded The Club with Samuel Johnson in 1764?
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Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson, oil on canvas by Sir Joshua Reynolds, c. 1756; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
In 1764, Samuel Johnson and his close friend, the artist Sir Joshua Reynolds, founded The Club, which later became known as The Literary Club.12
While Johnson and Reynolds were the founders, the original group consisted of nine members, including the politician Edmund Burke, the playwright Oliver Goldsmith, and the historian of music Sir John Hawkins.1