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    William Samuel Johnson (October 7, 1727 – November 14, 1819) was an American Founding Father and statesman. He was the only man to attend all of the four...
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    Samuel Johnson (18 September 1709 [OS 7 September] – 13 December 1784), often called Dr Johnson, was an English writer who made lasting contributions...
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    Samuel Johnson (October 14, 1696 – January 6, 1772) was a clergyman, educator, linguist, encyclopedist, historian, and philosopher in colonial America...
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  • William S. Johnson may refer to: William Samuel Johnson (1727–1819), United States founding father and Senator for Connecticut William Summer Johnson...
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    The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. (1791) by James Boswell is a biography of English writer Samuel Johnson. The work was from the beginning a critical...
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  • Samuel William Johnson (October 27, 1828 – November 25, 1895) was an American lawyer and Democratic politician from New York. Johnson was born in New...
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    The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction, formerly the Samuel Johnson Prize, is an annual British book prize for the best non-fiction writing in the English...
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    Samuel William Johnson (July 3, 1830 – July 21, 1909) was an American agricultural chemist. He promoted the movement to bring the sciences to the aid of...
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  • William Johnson may refer to: Bunk Johnson (William Gary Johnson, 1879–1949), American jazz musician William H. Johnson (artist) (1901–1970), African-American...
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    Samuel Ealy Johnson Sr. (November 12, 1838 – February 25, 1915) was an American politician, businessman, farmer, rancher, and namesake of Johnson City...
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  • Samuel Johnson (18 September 1709 [O.S. 7 September] – 13 December 1784), a British intellectual, wrote dozens of essays that defined his views on the...
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    William Samuel Johnson, the son of Samuel Johnson, was unanimously elected president of Columbia College. Prior to serving at the university, Johnson...
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    Samuel Ealy Johnson Jr. (October 11, 1877 – October 23, 1937) was an American businessman and politician. He was a six-term Democratic member of the Texas...
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    College): John Adams, Samuel Adams, Francis Dana, William Ellery, Elbridge Gerry, John Hancock, William Hooper, William Samuel Johnson (also Yale), Rufus...
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    Anglican, while the first six presidents, with the exception of William Samuel Johnson, were all either Anglican priests or bishops. Michael I. Sovern...
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    Vermont engaged William Samuel Johnson, representing Connecticut, to promote its interests. In 1785 the Vermont General Assembly granted Johnson title to the...
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    William Shakespeare was an 18th-century edition of the dramatic works of William Shakespeare, edited by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens. Johnson announced...
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    Connecticut delegation, including Roger Sherman, Oliver Ellsworth, and William Samuel Johnson, proposed a compromise that the House would have proportional representation...
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  • Samuel Curtis Johnson Jr. (March 2, 1928 – May 22, 2004) was an American businessman. He was the fourth generation of his family to lead S. C. Johnson...
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    Language, sometimes published as Johnson's Dictionary, was published on 15 April 1755 and written by Samuel Johnson. It is among the most influential...
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  • Johnson Sam Johnson (1930–2020), Texas congressman I. Sam Johnson (1840–1906), American lawyer and politician from New York Samuel William Johnson (assemblyman)...
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    (1980). From Loyalist to Founding Father: the Political Odyssey of William Samuel Johnson. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-04506-3. OCLC 479827879...
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    Samuel Johnson (1649–1703) was an English clergyman and political writer, sometimes called "the Whig Johnson" to distinguish him from the author and lexicographer...
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  • Supreme Court William Samuel Johnson (1727–1819), member of the colonial Connecticut Supreme Court 1772–1774 William Wartenbee Johnson (1826–1887), associate...
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  • health of Samuel Johnson has been a focus of the biographical and critical analysis of his life. His medical history was well documented by Johnson and his...
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  • This article is an overview of Samuel Johnson's literary criticism. Johnson's literature, especially his Lives of the Poets series, is marked by various...
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  • King's College Tract (category Johnson, Vermont)
    Vermont's General Assembly made a grant of the same land in 1785 to William Samuel Johnson, an American founding father and jurist who informally represented...
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    elects delegates to the constitutional convention. Oliver Ellsworth, William Samuel Johnson and Roger Sherman will attend. May 17 • A letter from "Certain Citizens...
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  • Samuel W. Johnson may refer to: Samuel Waite Johnson (1831–1912), English railway engineer Samuel William Johnson (1830–1909), Agricultural chemist at...
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  • (November 10, 1939 – April 19, 2005), also known as Samuel Isaac Gordon and Clifford William Johnson, was an American businessman and entertainment manager...
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