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Whom did Samuel Johnson marry in 1735?
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Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson, oil on canvas by Sir Joshua Reynolds, c. 1756; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
In 1735, Samuel Johnson married Elizabeth Porter, a widow who was 20 years his senior.1