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'''Francis Johnson''' (c. 1795/96 – 29 January 1876) was a British linguist who taught [[Sanskrit]], [[Telugu language|Telugu]] and [[Bengali language|Bengali]] at the [[East India Company College]] between 1824 and 1855. He compiled a comprehensive Persian, Arabic, and English dictionary, which he published in 1852.<ref>Cecil Bendall, "[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/14878 Johnson, Francis (1795/6–1876)]", rev. Parvin Loloi, ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 28 September 2016</ref>
'''Francis Johnson''' (c. 1795/96 – 29 January 1876) was a British linguist.

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He taught [[Sanskrit]], [[Telugu language|Telugu]] and [[Bengali language|Bengali]] at the [[East India Company College]] between 1824 and 1855. He compiled a comprehensive Persian, Arabic, and English dictionary, which he published in 1852 and which is the main thing he is remembered for.<ref>Cecil Bendall, "[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/14878 Johnson, Francis (1795/6–1876)]", rev. Parvin Loloi, ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 28 September 2016</ref><ref name=DNB/> In 1829, Johnson published an expanded edition of [[John Richardson (orientalist)|John Richardson]]'s Persian-Arabic-English dictionary, which was presented as the third edition of Richardson's dictionary<ref name=DNB/> (the second edition of Richardson's was in year 1810). The dictionary presented Persian and Arabic words and translated them to English. Johnson's 1852 edition was more comprehensive than any earlier edition in English.


As a young man, he travelled to Rome and Athens with [[Charles Lock Eastlake]] and [[Charles Barry]] and others, returning to England in 1824.
As a young man, he travelled to Rome and Athens with [[Charles Lock Eastlake]] and [[Charles Barry]] and others, returning to England in 1824.
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* Johnson, Francis. ''Hitopadesa. The Sanskrit Text of the First Book, or Mitra-Labha; with a Grammatical Analysis, Alphabetically Arranged''. Prepared for the Use of the East-India College, by Francis Johnson, Professor. London: James Madden and Co. Successors to Parbury and Co., 8 [[Leadenhall Street]], 1840.<ref>Bibliography for William Carey, D. D. (1761-1834) [http://www.wmcarey.edu/carey/bib/works_languages.htm See notes] accessed 9 Oct 2007</ref>
* Johnson, Francis. ''Hitopadesa. The Sanskrit Text of the First Book, or Mitra-Labha; with a Grammatical Analysis, Alphabetically Arranged''. Prepared for the Use of the East-India College, by Francis Johnson, Professor. London: James Madden and Co. Successors to Parbury and Co., 8 [[Leadenhall Street]], 1840.<ref>Bibliography for William Carey, D. D. (1761-1834) [http://www.wmcarey.edu/carey/bib/works_languages.htm See notes] accessed 9 Oct 2007</ref>


He married in 1857 and died in [[Hertford]] in 1876.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Stephen|first1=Sir Leslie|title=Dictionary of National Biography|date=1892|publisher=Macmillan|page=11|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BCUJAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA11|accessdate=28 September 2016|language=en}}</ref>
He married in 1857 and died in [[Hertford]] in 1876.<ref name=DNB>{{cite book|last1=Stephen|first1=Sir Leslie|title=Dictionary of National Biography (''DNB'') Volume 30|date=1892|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_BCUJAAAAIAAJ/}} Biography of Francis Johnson in [https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_BCUJAAAAIAAJ/page/n20/mode/1up ''DNB'' Volume 30, page 11 (year 1892)].</ref>


==External links==
==External links==
* [https://archive.org/details/dictionarypersia00johnuoft Download Johnson's Persian, Arabic, and English Dictionary]
* [https://archive.org/details/dictionarypersia00johnuoft Download Johnson's Persian, Arabic, and English Dictionary, year 1852]
* {{cite book|author=Francis Johnson|title=Encyclopedic Dictionary of Persian, Arabic, and English|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7hRKAQAAMAAJ|year=2012|publisher=Commonwealth|isbn=978-81-7169-086-2}}
* {{cite book|author=Francis Johnson|title=Encyclopedic Dictionary of Persian, Arabic, and English|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7hRKAQAAMAAJ|year=2012|publisher=Commonwealth|isbn=978-81-7169-086-2}}


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Latest revision as of 17:06, 9 January 2023

Francis Johnson (c. 1795/96 – 29 January 1876) was a British linguist.

He taught Sanskrit, Telugu and Bengali at the East India Company College between 1824 and 1855. He compiled a comprehensive Persian, Arabic, and English dictionary, which he published in 1852 and which is the main thing he is remembered for.[1][2] In 1829, Johnson published an expanded edition of John Richardson's Persian-Arabic-English dictionary, which was presented as the third edition of Richardson's dictionary[2] (the second edition of Richardson's was in year 1810). The dictionary presented Persian and Arabic words and translated them to English. Johnson's 1852 edition was more comprehensive than any earlier edition in English.

As a young man, he travelled to Rome and Athens with Charles Lock Eastlake and Charles Barry and others, returning to England in 1824.

A nonconformist, he funded the construction in 1829 of a Congregationalist chapel at Hertford Heath, and its subsequent operation.

He also published

  • Johnson, Francis. Hitopadesa. The Sanskrit Text of the First Book, or Mitra-Labha; with a Grammatical Analysis, Alphabetically Arranged. Prepared for the Use of the East-India College, by Francis Johnson, Professor. London: James Madden and Co. Successors to Parbury and Co., 8 Leadenhall Street, 1840.[3]

He married in 1857 and died in Hertford in 1876.[2]

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  • Download Johnson's Persian, Arabic, and English Dictionary, year 1852
  • Francis Johnson (2012). Encyclopedic Dictionary of Persian, Arabic, and English. Commonwealth. ISBN 978-81-7169-086-2.

References

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  1. ^ Cecil Bendall, "Johnson, Francis (1795/6–1876)", rev. Parvin Loloi, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 28 September 2016
  2. ^ a b c Stephen, Sir Leslie (1892). Dictionary of National Biography (DNB) Volume 30. Biography of Francis Johnson in DNB Volume 30, page 11 (year 1892).
  3. ^ Bibliography for William Carey, D. D. (1761-1834) See notes accessed 9 Oct 2007
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