Front page of The Gentleman's Magazine , May 1759 The Gentleman's Magazine was founded in London, England, by Edward Cave in January 1731. [1] It ran uninterrupted for almost 200 years, until 1922. It was the first to use the term magazine (from the French magazine , meaning "storehouse") for a periodical. [2] Samuel Johnson's first regular employment as a writer was with The Gentleman's Magazine . Contents 1 History 2 Series 3 Indexes 4 See also 4.1 Authors of works appearing in The Gentleman's Magazine 5 Artists, painters, topographers associated with The Gentleman's Magazine 6 References 7 Further reading 8 See also 9 External links History The original complete title was The Gentleman's Magazine: or, Trader's monthly intelligencer . Cave's innovation was to create a monthly digest of news and commentary on any topic the educated public might be interested in, from comm...