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Why did Samuel Johnson leave his teaching position at Market Bosworth?
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Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson, oil on canvas by Sir Joshua Reynolds, c. 1756; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Samuel Johnson left his teaching position at the Market Bosworth grammar school because the environment was made untenable by the overbearing and boorish behavior of Sir Wolstan Dixie, who controlled the school's appointments. Johnson felt that leaving the position was akin to escaping from prison.1