Background
Johnson, Rossiter was born on January 27, 1840 in Rochester, New York, United States. Son of Reuben and Almira (Alexander) Johnson.
Johnson, Rossiter was born on January 27, 1840 in Rochester, New York, United States. Son of Reuben and Almira (Alexander) Johnson.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Rochester, 1863, Master of Arts, 1875, honorary Doctor of Philosophy, 1888, Doctor of Laws, 1893.
Associate editor Rochester Democrat, 1864-1868. Editor Concord (New Hampshire (U.S.)) Statesman, 1869-1872. Associate editor American Cyclopædia, 1873-1877, Standard Dictionary, 1892-1894.
Editor Annual Cyclopedia, 1883-1902.
Managing editor Cyclo. of America Biography, 1886-1889. Editor Authorized History of the Columbian Exposition, 1898.
Editor-in-chief The World’s Great Books (40 volumes of masterpieces), 1898-1901. Editor-in-chief Universal Cyclopedia, 1900-1904.
Originator and editor of Little Classics (18 volumes), 1875-1880.
Famous Fugitive Poems, 1878. Play-day Poems, 1879. Fifty Perfect Poems (with Charles A. Dana), 1882.
The Great Events, by Famous Historians (20 volumes), 1905.
The Literature of Italy (with Dora Knowlton Ranous), 16 volumes, 1907. The Author’s Digest (20 volumes), 1908.
History volunteer in Young Folks’ Ednl. series, 1911. Fortier’s History of Louisiana, 1904.
Also wrote the Whispering Galley in Overland Monthly, 1898-1899.
Associate editor The Lincoln Library, 1924. Lectures frequently on American history subjects. President New York Association Phi Beta Kappa, 1897-1898, University Extension Society, since 1898, Society of the Genesee, 1899, Quill Club, 1899, Delta Upsilon Club, 1901.
Secretary Authors’ Club 6 years (chairman 2 years, treasurer 1904-1917).
Member Rochester History Society, contributor to its publications Author: Phaeton Rogers—a Novel of Boy Life, 1881. A History of the French War, Ending in the Conquest of Canada, 1882.
A History of the War Between the United States and Great Britain, 1812-1815, 1882. Idler and Poet (poems), 1883.
A History of the War of Secession, 1888.
The End of a Rainbow, an American Story, 1892. Campfire and Battlefield, 1894. The Turning-Points of the Civil War, 1894.
Three Decades (poems), 1895.
Chapter on Gettysburg, added to Creasy’s Decisive Battles, 1898. A Short History of the War Between the United States and Spain, 1899.
The Hero of Manila, 1899. Morning Lights and Evening Shadows (poems), 1902, 18.
The Alphabet of Rhetoric, 1903.
The Blank Cartridge Ballot, 1904. The Story of the Constitution of the United States, 1906. The Clash of Nations, 1914.
Captain John Smith, 1915.
A Simple Record of a Noble Life, 1916. The Fight for the Republic, 1916.
Biography of Helen Kendrick Johnson, 1917. The Grandest Playground in the World, 1918.
Originator and editor of Liber Scriptorium, 2 issues, 1893, 1921.
Home: New York, New New York
Member Rochester History.
Married Helen Kendrick, May 20, 1869 (died 1917). Married second, Mary Agnes Keyes, May 24, 1924. Children: Laurence Kendrick (deceased), Florence Kendrick, Evelyn (deceased), Mildred (deceased).