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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Predicate Object
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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