Rossiter Johnson
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Rossiter Johnson was a United States
author and editor
.
in 1863, delivering the poem on class day. He received the degrees of Ph.D.
and LL.D. from the University of Rochester.
in editing the Rochester Democrat, a Republican
newspaper, and from 1869 to 1872 was editor of the Concord, New Hampshire
, Statesman. From 1873 to 1877, he was associated with Messrs. George Ripley and Charles A. Dana
in editing the American Cyclopædia. In 1878, he edited the authorized Life of Farragut. From 1879 to 1880, he was associated with Sydney Howard Gay in the preparation of the last two volumes of Gay's History of the United States. In 1883 he became editor of the Annual Cyclopaedia, and from 1886 to 1888 was managing editor of Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. From 1891 to 1894, he was on the editorial staff of the Standard Dictionary.
For six years, he was secretary of the New York Authors Club, whose sumptuous and unique Liber Scriptorum (1893) he prepared with J. D. Champlin and G. C. Eggleston.
He devised and edited the series of Little Classics (16 vols., Boston, 1874-1875; two additional vols., 1880; 25th ed., 1887), and has also edited Works of the British Poets, with Biographical Sketches (3 vols., New York, 1876), Famous Single and Fugitive Poems (1877), Play-Day Poems (1878), Fifty Perfect Poems (with Charles A. Dana, 1882), World's Great Books (editor-in-chief, 50 vols., 1898-1901), Great Events by Famous Historians (20 vols., 1904), The Literature of Italy (with Dora Knowlton Ranous, 16 vols., 1906), and The Authors' Digest (1909). In 1876, he tried making abbreviated editions of some of the greater novels of the English language
(4 vols., 16 mo., New York).
He edited “The Literary Querist” of the Lamp (formerly the Book-Buyer).
, a writer, poet, and prominent activist opposing the women's rights movement.
His sister, Evangeline Maria Johnson, graduated from Rochester Free Academy, and in 1877 married Joseph O'Connor, a journalist and poet. She translated “Fire and Flame” (German
: Feuer und Flamme) by Levin Schücking
(New York, 1876), and prepared An Analytical Index to the Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne (Boston, 1882) and An Index to the Works of Shakspere (New York and London, 1887). She contributed numerous poems to periodicals, the best known of which is “Daughters of Toil.”
United States
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author and editor
Editor
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.
Biography
Johnson received his early education in common schools, and later graduated from the University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester
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in 1863, delivering the poem on class day. He received the degrees of Ph.D.
Ph.D.
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and LL.D. from the University of Rochester.
Editor
From 1864 to 1868, he was connected with Robert CarterRobert Carter (editor)
Robert Carter was a United States editor, historian and author. He was involved in the formation of the Republican Party.-Education:...
in editing the Rochester Democrat, a Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
newspaper, and from 1869 to 1872 was editor of the Concord, New Hampshire
Concord, New Hampshire
The city of Concord is the capital of the state of New Hampshire in the United States. It is also the county seat of Merrimack County. As of the 2010 census, its population was 42,695....
, Statesman. From 1873 to 1877, he was associated with Messrs. George Ripley and Charles A. Dana
Charles Anderson Dana
Charles Anderson Dana was an American journalist, author, and government official, best known for his association with Ulysses S. Grant during the American Civil War and his aggressive political advocacy after the war....
in editing the American Cyclopædia. In 1878, he edited the authorized Life of Farragut. From 1879 to 1880, he was associated with Sydney Howard Gay in the preparation of the last two volumes of Gay's History of the United States. In 1883 he became editor of the Annual Cyclopaedia, and from 1886 to 1888 was managing editor of Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. From 1891 to 1894, he was on the editorial staff of the Standard Dictionary.
For six years, he was secretary of the New York Authors Club, whose sumptuous and unique Liber Scriptorum (1893) he prepared with J. D. Champlin and G. C. Eggleston.
He devised and edited the series of Little Classics (16 vols., Boston, 1874-1875; two additional vols., 1880; 25th ed., 1887), and has also edited Works of the British Poets, with Biographical Sketches (3 vols., New York, 1876), Famous Single and Fugitive Poems (1877), Play-Day Poems (1878), Fifty Perfect Poems (with Charles A. Dana, 1882), World's Great Books (editor-in-chief, 50 vols., 1898-1901), Great Events by Famous Historians (20 vols., 1904), The Literature of Italy (with Dora Knowlton Ranous, 16 vols., 1906), and The Authors' Digest (1909). In 1876, he tried making abbreviated editions of some of the greater novels of the English language
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
(4 vols., 16 mo., New York).
He edited “The Literary Querist” of the Lamp (formerly the Book-Buyer).
Author
Johnson made numerous contributions to periodicals, among which were those to “The Whispering Gallery” department to the Overland Monthly. He also wrote Phaeton Rogers, a Novel of Boy Life, first published as a serial in St. Nicholas (New York, 1881), A History of the War between the United States and Great Britain in 1812-1815 (1882), A History of the French War, ending in the Conquest of Canada (1882), Idler and Poet, a small volume of verses of which the most popular is the hot-weather poem “Ninety-nine in the Shade” (Boston, 1883), A Short History of the War of Secession, first published serially in the New York Examiner (1888), The End of a Rainbow, a story (1892), The Hero of Manila (1899), Short History of the War with Spain (1899), Morning Lights and Evening Shadows, poems (1902), The Alphabet of Rhetoric (1903), The Clash of Nations (1914), Captain John Smith (1915), Episodes of the Civil War (1916), and Biography of Helen Kendricks Johnson (1917).Family
His wife was Helen Kendrick JohnsonHelen Kendrick Johnson
Helen Kendrick Johnson was an American writer, poet, and prominent activist opposing the women's suffrage movement.- Early life :...
, a writer, poet, and prominent activist opposing the women's rights movement.
His sister, Evangeline Maria Johnson, graduated from Rochester Free Academy, and in 1877 married Joseph O'Connor, a journalist and poet. She translated “Fire and Flame” (German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
: Feuer und Flamme) by Levin Schücking
Levin Schücking
Levin Schücking was a German novelist. He was the uncle of Levin Ludwig Schücking.-Biography:Born into the Westphalian nobility on the estate of Klemenswerth, near Meppen, his mother, Sibilla Katharina née Busch was a poet who occasionally published, whilst his father was Paulus Modestus Schücking...
(New York, 1876), and prepared An Analytical Index to the Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne (Boston, 1882) and An Index to the Works of Shakspere (New York and London, 1887). She contributed numerous poems to periodicals, the best known of which is “Daughters of Toil.”
External links
- Biography at University of Rochester Libraries