• Samuel Johnson: the Leslie Stephen lecture (1907), a lecture by Walter Alexander Raleigh
• Samuel Johnson (1911) edited by Alice Meynell and G. K. Chesterton
• Samuel Johnson, a biographical essay by Richard Claverhouse Jebb
• Samuel Johnson, a biography in the English Men of Letters series by Leslie Stephen

Biographical works

• articles in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature:
  • "Johnson, Samuel (essayist)," in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons (1910)
  • "Johnson, Samuel (political writer)," in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons (1910)
• articles in The Encyclopedia Americana (1920):
  • "Johnson, Samuel (college president)," in The Encyclopedia Americana, New York: The Encyclopedia Americana Corporation (1920)
  • "Johnson, Samuel (man of letters)," in The Encyclopedia Americana, New York: The Encyclopedia Americana Corporation (1920)
  • "Johnson, Samuel (preacher)," in The Encyclopedia Americana, New York: The Encyclopedia Americana Corporation (1920)
• articles in The New International Encyclopædia:
  • "Johnson, Samuel (clergyman)," in The New International Encyclopædia, New York: Dodd, Mead and Co. (1905)
  • "Johnson, Samuel (lexicographer)," in The New International Encyclopædia, New York: Dodd, Mead and Co. (1905)
• articles in Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921):
  • "Johnson, Samuel," in Collier's New Encyclopedia, New York: P. F. Collier & Son Co. (1921)
• articles in 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica:
  • "Johnson, Samuel," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)

Authors

• Samuel Johnson (1691-1773), English dancing-master and dramatist
• Samuel Johnson (1709-1784), English poet, essayist, biographer, and lexicographer
• Samuel Johnson (1822-1882), a U. S. scholar specializing in religions of India and China
• Samuel Johnson (1846-1901), Nigerian historian and priest