Rev. James Johnson (1674–1740) was an English author and cleric. Born at Bowden Park, Wiltshire, Johnson was the son of George Johnson , judge and counsellor of Charles II. He took his B.A. at

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before taking his Master of Arts at

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in 1698. In 1701, he was presented by Sir John Cordell as rector of

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, Suffolk, where he remained until his death. He married Anne Cuthbert, daughter of Thomas Cuthbert, of Wickford, Essex, and St. Andrew's, Holborn. Johnson wrote ''The Great Duty'', a meditation on 'the golden rule' in 1723. His son,

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, became Bishop of Gloucester and Worcester. The Rev. James Johnson died at Long Melford in 1740.

References

*Transactions – Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society, (Volume 8), (1883) *Joseph Foster. Alumni Oxonienses, (Volume 2), (1891) *James Johnson. The Great Duty of Doing as We Would Be Done Unto, (1723) *William Parker. The History of Long Melford, (1873) {{DEFAULTSORT:Johnson, James 1674 births 1740 deaths 18th-century English writers 18th-century English male writers 18th-century English Anglican priests Alumni of Hertford College, Oxford Alumni of Oriel College, Oxford People from Long Melford 17th-century Anglican theologians 18th-century Anglican theologians Early modern Christian devotional writers