Arthur Johnson (historian)

Reverend Arthur Henry Johnson (8 February 1845 – 31 January 1927)[1][2] was an English historian and the chaplain of All Souls College, Oxford.

[5] In 1866, he took a Second in Classical Moderations, graduating as Bachelor of Arts in 1868 with a First Class degree in Law and History,[2] following which he joined All Souls College.

[3] In the final, played at Kennington Oval on 14 March 1874 against a team from the Royal Engineers, the university ran out as 2–0 winners, with goals from Charles Mackarness and Frederick Patton.

[1] In the latter capacity, he was instrumental in the University acquiring a large stretch of land on the south slope of what became Shotover Park, now known as "Johnson's Piece".

[9] Johnson wrote several books on historical topics, including "Europe in the Sixteenth Century",[10] "The History of the Worshipful Company of the Drapers of London"[11] and "The Age of the Enlightened Despot".

[13][14] Johnson was a "forthright, plain-spoken, athletic man" who was "fond of telling his pupils that nature had destined him for a groom or gamekeeper, for anything but a scholar".

[15] On 16 April 1873, Johnson married Bertha Jane Todd at St Andrew's church in Wells Street, Westminster.

[20][18] The couple had two children: Robert became Deputy Master and Controller of the Royal Mint while George became headmaster of Alleyne's School, Stevenage.