Background
Samuel Frederick Johnson was born on July 22, 1918, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. He was the son of Samuel Frederick Johnson and Estella Helen Kitsch.
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Gallery of Samuel Johnson
1946
Sorbonne, Paris, France
Johnson did his postgraduate studies at the Sorbonne in 1946.
Gallery of Samuel Johnson
Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania, United States
Johnson received his Bachelor of Arts degree at Haverford College in 1940.
Gallery of Samuel Johnson
Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Johnson studied at Harvard University and received his Master of Arts degree in 1941 and Ph.D. in 1948.
Gallery of Samuel Johnson
1943
Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, United States
Johnson did his postgraduate studies at Indiana University in 1943.
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Other photo of Samuel Johnson
1943
Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, United States
Johnson did his postgraduate studies at Indiana University in 1943.
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Other photo of Samuel Johnson
1946
Sorbonne, Paris, France
Johnson did his postgraduate studies at the Sorbonne in 1946.
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Other photo of Samuel Johnson
Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania, United States
Johnson received his Bachelor of Arts degree at Haverford College in 1940.
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Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Johnson studied at Harvard University and received his Master of Arts degree in 1941 and Ph.D. in 1948.
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book
Early Elizabethan Tragedies of the Inns of Court
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0824000625/?tag=2022091-20
1987
Samuel Frederick Johnson
Edit ProfileEducation
Johnson received his Bachelor of Arts degree at Haverford College in 1940. He then studied at Harvard University and received his Master of Arts degree in 1941 and Ph.D. in 1948.
Johnson did his postgraduate studies at Indiana University in 1943 and at the Sorbonne in 1946.
Career
Johnson started his career in 1948 as an instructor at Harvard University. He then became an assistant professor at New York University and served there from 1949 to 1954.
Johnson was promoted from assistant professor to Professor of English and comparative renaissance literature at Columbia University in New York in 1954-1984. He served as a visiting professor at Washington University in 1963. He was also a member of the supervising committee of the English Institute of New York in 1957-1959.
Johnson was named professor emeritus at Columbia University in 1984.
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Politics
Johnson was a Democrat.
Membership
Johnson was a member of the Modern Language Association, the Renaissance Society of America, the Shakespeare Association of America, and Phi Beta Kappa.
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Born
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Nationality
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Political Party
Democrat
Education
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1936 - 1940
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1943
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1946
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1948
Career
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1948 - 1949
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1949 - 1954
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1954 - 1984
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1957 - 1959
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1984