Daniel Johnson (surgeon)

Daniel Johnson (1767–1835) was a British surgeon in Bengal, known also as writer on Indian field sports.

Samuel Johnson (died 1745), vicar of Great Torrington, Devon, and his wife Jane Skinner.

He was promoted to surgeon on 11 March 1805, and retired from the service in 1809, settling at Great Torrington.

[2] Johnson in 1822 published, with the aid of the young daughter of the local bookseller, Sketches of Indian Field-Sports.

The book was dedicated to the Court of Directors of the East India Company; in 1827 he issued a second edition, with a new chapter on "Hunting the Wild Boar".