Samuel Johnson (college president)

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Samuel Johnson was an American Anglican clergyman, philosopher, and educator who became the first president of King's College, the institution that later evolved into Columbia University.

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Samuel Johnson (college president) canonical 2

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instanceOf Anglican clergyman ⓘ
college president ⓘ
educator ⓘ
human ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
child William Samuel Johnson ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship British America ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
educatedAt Yale College ⓘ
employer King's College (New York) ⓘ
Yale College ⓘ
familyName Johnson ⓘ
fieldOfWork education ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
theology ⓘ
givenName Samuel ⓘ
influenced American colonial education ⓘ
curriculum of King's College (New York) ⓘ
influencedBy George Berkeley ⓘ
John Locke ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
Greek ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
movement Enlightenment ⓘ
nativeLanguage English ⓘ
notableFor being the first president of the institution that became Columbia University ⓘ
introducing Enlightenment philosophy into American higher education ⓘ
notableStudent William Samuel Johnson ⓘ
notableWork A System of Morality ⓘ
Elementa Philosophica ⓘ
English and Hebrew Grammar ⓘ
Ethices Elementa ⓘ
First English grammar published in America ⓘ
First Hebrew grammar published in America ⓘ
Textbooks for King's College curriculum ⓘ
occupation clergyman ⓘ
college president ⓘ
educator ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
positionHeld first president of King's College (New York) ⓘ
rector of Christ Church, Stratford, Connecticut ⓘ
tutor at Yale College ⓘ
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Charity Floyd ⓘ

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