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| Johnson, John. Adm. pens. (age 18) at CAIUS, Sept. 17, 1787. S. of John, tanner, of Ludham, Norfolk . B. there [1769]. School, Bungay [ Norfolk ]. Scholar, 1787; matric. Michs. 1788; LL.B. 1794; LL.D. 1803. Ord. deacon (Norwich) July 7, 1793; priest, 1793; C. of East Dereham, Norfolk , 1793. Chaplain to the Earl of Peterborough. V. of Hempnall [ Norfolk ], 1793. R. of Yaxham and Welborne [ Norfolk ], 1800-33. Married, 1808, Maria, dau. of George Livius, Head of the Commissariat in India . A cousin of William Cowper, the poet (his mother's father, Roger Donne, being a brother of Cowper's mother). They were friends during Johnson's time at Cambridge, and he was Cowper's "Johnny of Norfolk ." Johnson took care of the poet during the last years of his life, and it was at Johnson's house at East Dereham [ Norfolk ] that he died on Apr. 25, 1800. Author, Sketch of the Life of Cowper, 1815; The Memoirs of William Hayley . Edited Vol. III. of Cowper's Poems, his Letters and the Private Correspondence . Died Sept. 29, 1833, at Yaxham [ Norfolk ]. Father of William C. (1833), John B. (1836) and Henry R. V. (1839). ( D.N.B.; G. Mag ., 1833, II. 379.) | John JOHNSON Approx. lifespan: 1769–1833 age=18 pens. Gonville & Caius College adm1787:09:17 s. of John JOHNSON tanner, of Ludham, Norfolk , b. there (1769)]. Sch: Bungay School Bungay, [Norfolk], Scholar 1787 Matric 1788:10MT: LLB 1794 LLD 1803 Ord. deacon Norwich 1793:07:07 Ord. priest 1793 C.: East Dereham, Norfolk , 1793 Chapl.: to the Earl of Peterborough. V.: Hempnall, [Norfolk], 1793 R.: Yaxham and Welborne, [Norfolk], 1800-33 m. 1808 Maria LIVIUS dau. of George LIVIUS Head: of Commissariat India , A cousin of William Cowper, the poet (his mother's father, Roger Donne, being a brother of Cowper's mother) They were friends during Johnson's time CB, ???, , and he was Cowper's "Johnny of Norfolk , ." Johnson took care of the poet during the last years of his life, and it was at Johnson's house East Dereham, [Norfolk], that he died on 1800:04:25 Publ.: Sketch of the Life of Cowper 1815; The Memoirs of William Hayley . Edited Vol. III. of Cowper's Poems, his Letters and the Private Correspondence d. Yaxham, [Norfolk], 1833:09:29 father of William C. JOHNSON (1833), John b. (1836) and Henry R. V. (1839) ( D.N.B.; G. Mag . 1833, II. 379) |