JOHNSON, SIR JOHN

1742–1830, Loyalist leader in the American Revolution, b. Mohawk valley, N.Y.; son of Sir William Johnson. He fought against the Native Americans in Pontiac's Conspiracy and was one of his father's chief lieutenants. For his services he was knighted in 1765. In the Revolution, like his brother-in-law, Guy Johnson, he set out to organize the settlers and natives of the Mohawk region against the Revolutionaries. The plan failed, and he fled to Montreal. In the Saratoga campaign (1777) he served with Barry St. Leger and led a detachment at Oriskany. Later he led several raids on the Mohawk and Schoharie valleys. After the Revolution, he moved to Canada and in 1782 succeeded Guy Johnson as superintendent of Indian affairs.

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The Life and Activities of Sir John Hawkins: Musician, Magistrate, and Friend of Johnson
Book by Percy A. Scholes; Oxford University Press, 1953
Subjects: Hawkins, John--Sir--1719-1789
...the Gentlemans Magazine for August, September, and October 1787 a Panegyrical Epistle on Hawkins v. Johnson. Sir John Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. had just come from the press and in this bitterly satirical treatment of it the anonymous...
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Johnson of the Mohawks: A Biography of Sir William Johnson, Irish Immigrant, Mohawk War Chief, American Soldier, Empire Builder
Book by Arthur Pound, Richard E. Day; Macmillan, 1930
Subjects: Johnson, William--Sir--1715-1774
...504 . JOHNSON, JAMES STEPHEN, 504 . JOHNSON, SIR JOHN, expenditures in London, 47 ; childhood...490 -91. JOHNSON, JOHN, grandson, 503 . JOHNSON, JOHN, brother, 72 . JOHNSON, JOHN ORMSBY, 504 . JOHNSON, JOHN "SMOKE," 503...
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Deep Distresses: William Wordsworth, John Wordsworth, Sir George Beaumont : 1800-1808
Book by Richard E. Matlak; University of Delaware Press, 2003
Subjects: Beaumont, George Howland--Sir--1753-1827, Brothers--Great Britain--Biography, Death In Literature, Elegiac Poetry, English--History And Criticism, Poets, English--19th Century--Biography, Poets, English--19th Century--Family Relationships, Sailors--Great Britain--Biography, Wordsworth, John--1772-1805, Wordsworth, William--1770-1850--Elegiac Stanzas, Wordsworth, William--1770-1850--Family
...London life. Along with Samuel Johnson, Edmund Burke, David Garrick...political and literary prominence, Sir George Beaumont sat within Reynoldss circle ( 1803 xxiv). Sir George imbibed the principles...In 1779, Reynolds invited Sir George to be his guest at the...
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Defending the Free World: John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, and the Vietnam War, 1961-1965
Book by Orrin Schwab; Praeger, 1998
Subjects: Johnson, Lyndon B--(Lyndon Baines)--1908-1973, Kennedy, John F--(John Fitzgerald)--1917-1963, United States--Foreign Relations--1961-1963, United States--Foreign Relations--1963-1969, Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975--United States
...Strategic Planning, Crisis Decision Making, and Deterrence Failure John H. Maurer Strategy in Vietnam: The Marines and Revolutionary...1945-1954 Lawrence Robert Aronsen Alternative to Appeasement: Sir Robert Vansittart and Alliance Diplomacy, 1934-1937 Michael...
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The Complete Poems of Sir John Davies
Book by Sir John Davies, Rev. Alexander B. Grosart.; Chatto and Windus, 1876
...read with interest after Hallam. Accepting from Johnson as Johnson from Dryden the name of " metaphysical poets...apply with much more justice to the quatrains of Sir John Davies and those of Sir Fulke Greville, writers who, at a later period...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D by Sir John Hawkins, Knt
Journal article by Robert G. Walker; Biography, Vol. 33, 2010
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. (Biography)--Book reviews
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D by Sir John Hawkins, Knt. by Robert...Walker The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D by Sir John...Frances Burney, that "Sir John was a most unclubbable...repeated criticism of Johnson for choosing unworthy...
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Landscaping the Field of Discourse: Political Slant and Poetic Slope in Sir John Denham's "Cooper's Hill."
Journal article by Bruce Boeckel; Papers on Language & Literature, Vol. 34, 1998
Subjects: Cooper's Hill (Poem)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Denham, John--Criticism, interpretation, etc., English literature, 1603-1700 (17th century)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Politics in literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...slant and poetic slope in Sir John Denhams "Coopers Hill...Alexander Pope or Samuel Johnson, both admirers of "Coopers...August of 1642, when Sir John Denham first published...of such legal thinkers as Sir John Eliot and Sir Edward Coke...
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Defining "canadian": Anti-americanism and Identity in Sir John a Macdonald's Nationalism
Journal article by Patricia K. Wood; Journal of Canadian Studies, Vol. 36, 2001
Subjects: 1868 1913, Canada, Canada - US relations, Canadian history, Elections, Macdonald, John A
...americanism and Identity in Sir John a Macdonalds Nationalism...of the Right Honourable Sir John Macdonald (Toronto: Rose...2. (64) Swainson, Sir John A. Macdonald, 9-10...Peter B. Waite and J.K. Johnson, Dictionary of Canadian...
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Parliamentary Magic: Sir John Thompson and the Enactment of the Criminal Code
Journal article by Desmond H. Brown; Journal of Canadian Studies, Vol. 27, 1992
Subjects: 1868 1913, Canada, Canadian history, Criminal law, Criminals, History, Laws statutes bills etc, Legislation, Thompson, John
...Parliamentary Magic: Sir John Thompson and the Enactment...initiative and ability of Sir John Thompson, Canada...Justice (London: John Murray, 1931...20; New York: Johnson Reprint, 1966...10) The phrase is Sir James Fitzjames Stephens...
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How Music Matters: Some Songs of Robert Johnson in the Plays of Beaumont and Fletcher
Journal article by Catherine A. Henze; Comparative Drama, Vol. 34, 2000
Subjects: Beaumont, Francis--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Composers--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Dramatic music--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Dramatists--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Fletcher, John--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Johnson, Robert (Composer)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Rape--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Sex--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Songs--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...Songs of Robert Johnson in the Plays of...the senses. --Sir Phillip Sidney...Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher that...composer Robert Johnson--this is not...by Robert Johnson--and texts...to English by Sir Thomas Hoby...thought to be by John Case. However...
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The Assassination Tapes: Lyndon Johnson Secretly Recorded Many of His Telephone Conversations as President. the Tapes Provide Our Only Window into His Thoughts after Hearing What Was Then a Rumor about CIA Plots to Assassinate Fidel Castro-Information That Shaped Johnson's Views of Both JFK's Assassination and His Own Presidency. Herewith Excerpts from His 1967 Calls
Magazine article by Max Holland; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 293, June 2004
Subjects: Castro, Fidel--Investigations, Clark, Ramsey--Records and correspondence, Garrison, Jim--Investigations, Johnson, Lyndon B.--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Johnson, Lyndon B.--Records and correspondence, Kennedy, John F.--Crimes against, Oswald, Lee Harvey--Investigations, Pearson, Drew--Authorship, United States. Central Intelligence Agency--Investigations, United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation--Investigations
...recognized-- CONNALLY: Yes, sir. JOHNSON:--whos pretty high-placed...Johnsons residual loyalty to John Kennedy. Johnson had always tried to keep faith...without implicitly attacking John." But though Johnson said nothing publicly to advance...
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John Betjeman-A Centenary View
Magazine article by Randle Manwaring; Contemporary Review, Vol. 288, Summer 2006
Subjects: Betjeman, John, Sir--Criticism and interpretation, Poetry--Criticism and interpretation
John Betjeman-A Centenary...so than the area where John Betjeman lived and which...after his birth, on John Betjeman the poet. He...daughter of Field Marshal Sir Philip Chetwode, nick...epitomized the view of Samuel Johnson that to a poet, nothing...
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Our Debt to Johnson: On the Tercentenary of the Writer's Birth, Peter Martin Celebrates the Legacy of a Man Admired for His Insight and Humanity, Qualities Forged in the Darker and Less Well Analysed Episodes of His Life
Magazine article by Peter Martin; History Today, Vol. 59, September 2009
Subjects: Authors, English--Appreciation, Authors, English--Works, English writers--Appreciation, English writers--Works, Johnson, Samuel (English writer)--Appreciation, Johnson, Samuel (English writer)--Works
...language and somehow blaming Johnson for it, smashed through...damaged the canvas of Sir Joshua Reynoldss portrait...known as Dictionary Johnson. John Ruskin wrote that he at...rabid Anglophile for whom Johnson was a literary hero...
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Johnson, Boswell & the Biographer's Quest
Magazine article by Jeffrey Meyers; New Criterion, Vol. 21, November 2002
Subjects: Biographers--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Biographers--Management, Biography--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Biography--History, Biography--Management, Boswell, James, Johnson, Samuel, Poets--Behavior, Poets--Portrayals, depictions, etc.
...Marchmont, Johnson refused the...I suppose, Sir, Mr. Boswell...as a lure, John Wilkes--anathema to Johnson for his personal...give me leave, Sir:--It is...exclaiming: "Sir, he was impertinent...Lichfield, "Johnson, having for...
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Is Boris Faking It? the Makeover of a Candidate: A New, Serious Boris Johnson Is Now Being Offered to the Voters of London-Thanks to the Heavy Stage-Direction of Tory Party Minders
Magazine article by Brian Cathcart; New Statesman, Vol. 137, March 31, 2008
Subjects: Boris, Johnson--Political activity, London, England--Elections, Mayors--Elections, Politicians--Political activity
...is that every time Johnson appears in public...his name helping John Howard to successive...fellow journalists. John-Paul Flintoff wrote...getting anywhere near Johnson, and my own efforts...Boris de Pfeffel Johnson? Sholto Byrnes unearths...spotted conversing with Sir Charles Wheeler...
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Watch out, United, We're Not Finished Yet; John Terry Says He Feels Better Than Ever and Tells Sir Alex Ferguson's Men That Chelsea Are Back in Business and Ready to Retain Their Title. by Simon Johnson
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), December 17, 2010
...United, Were Not Finished Yet; John Terry Says He Feels Better Than Ever and Tells Sir Alex Fergusons Men That Chelsea...Retain Their Title. by Simon Johnson. Byline: Simon Johnson WHEN John Terry turned 30 last week, it...
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Inflation Hits 16-Year High but Could Fall to 1 per Cent; Full House: The Cabinet Today, from Left, Lord Malloch-Brown, Paul Murphy, James Purnell, GeoffHoon, John Hutton, Sir Gus ODonnell, Drayson, Tony McNulty, Nick Brown, Jim Murphy, Yvette Cooper, Baroness Royall, Harriet Harman, Alan Johnson, David Miliband, Alistair
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), October 14, 2008
Subjects: Inflation (Economics)--Statistics, Inflation (Finance)--Statistics
...Murphy, James Purnell, GeoffHoon, John Hutton, Sir Gus ODonnell, Drayson, Tony McNulty...Baroness Royall, Harriet Harman, Alan Johnson, David Miliband, Alistair. Byline...levels not seen since 1951 when Sir Winston Churchill was Prime Minister...
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Inflation Hits 16-Year High but Could Fall to 1 per Cent; Full House: The Cabinet Today, from Left, Lord Malloch-Brown, Paul Murphy, James Purnell, GeoffHoon, John Hutton, Sir Gus ODonnell, Drayson, Tony McNulty, Nick Brown, Jim Murphy, Yvette Cooper, Baroness Royall, Harriet Harman, Alan Johnson, David Miliband, Alistair
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), October 14, 2008
Subjects: Inflation (Economics)--Statistics, Inflation (Finance)--Statistics
...Murphy, James Purnell, GeoffHoon, John Hutton, Sir Gus ODonnell, Drayson, Tony McNulty...Baroness Royall, Harriet Harman, Alan Johnson, David Miliband, Alistair. Byline...levels not seen since 1951 when Sir Winston Churchill was Prime Minister...
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Is the Northern Bobby Too Close to Sir Ian Blair to Succeed Him? Man of the Moment: Sir Paul Stephenson at the Influentials Party with Boris Johnson Uneasy Allies: Sir Paul Stephenson with Sir Ian Blair. Critics Say That Sir Paul's Job Was to Protect the Chief Commissioner Yet It Is Uncertain What His Role Was in the Cases of the Bonus Row and the De Menezes Affair
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), October 8, 2008
Subjects: Police, Police officers
...Bobby Too Close to Sir Ian Blair to Succeed...Party with Boris Johnson Uneasy Allies...odds of 8-11 on Sir Paul getting the...other. When Boris Johnson beat Ken Livingstone...as too much like Sir Ian Blair to get the job. John Yates, 48 Assistant...
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I Couldn't Shirk Duty to Oust Met Chief Says Boris; Responsibility: Mayor Boris Johnson Denied He Had Set out to Sack Sir Ian Blair but Said: "The Operational Effectiveness of the Met Was Being Compromised"
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), October 9, 2008
Subjects: Mayors
...Had Set out to Sack Sir Ian Blair but Said...PIPPA CRERAR BORIS JOHNSON today claimed he ousted...police officer. Mr Johnson is now engaged in a...shirk." However, Mr Johnson was challenged by presenter John Humphrys over how widely...
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encyclopedia articles on: Johnson Sir John  - 23 results

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Johnson, Sir John
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
JOHNSON, SIR JOHN 1742 1830, Loyalist leader in the American...valley, N.Y.; son of Sir William Johnson. He fought against the Native Americans...Revolution, like his brother-in-law, Guy Johnson, he set out to organize the settlers...
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Johnson, Sir William
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
JOHNSON, SIR WILLIAM 1715 74, British...baronial splendor at Johnson Hall. Because of his...Fort William Henry. Johnson was rewarded with a baronetcy...son-in-law, Guy Johnson ; his son, Sir John Johnson ; and Daniel...
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Johnson, Guy
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...married (1763) a daughter of Sir William Johnson, whom he succeeded as superintendent...at Niagara and with his deputy, John Butler , directed Loyalist raids...superintendent of Indian affairs by Sir John Johnson in 1782...
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Johnson, Samuel , English Author
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...valued. In the 1770s Johnson wrote a series of Tory...sensitive perception. Dr. Johnson, as he is universally...Boswell, see biographies by Sir John Hawkins (1787; ed...G. J. Kolb, ed., Johnson on the English Language...
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More, Sir Thomas
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MORE, SIR THOMAS (Saint Thomas More...translation of The Life of John Picus, Earl of Mirandula...patron saint of politicians by John Paul II. See his complete...by R. Pineas (1968), R. Johnson (1969), E. E. Reynolds...
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