Robert Levet (1705–1782), a Yorkshireman who became a Parisian waiter, then garnered some training as an apothecary and moved to London, was eulogised by the poet Samuel Johnson, with whom Levet shared a friendship of thirty-six years, in Johnson's poem "On the Death of Dr. Robert Levet."
Levet was 80 when he died.
Levet was born in 1705 and died in 1782 making him 77, not 80 so his age was incorrect. 