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Ralph Johnson (1629 - 1695)
Educator, clergyman (vicar at Brignall), and naturalist. Mentored him in botany by Walter Stonehouse and James Petiver, and "many of the plants in his herbarium came from the Tradescants' famous garden in south Lambeth" (ODNB). Described by Willughby in his preface to his Ornithology as "a Person of singular skill in Zoology, especially the History of Birds, who besides the Descriptions and Pictures of divers uncommon, and some undescribed both Land and Water-fowl, communicated to us his Method of Birds, whereby we were in some particulars informed, in many others confirmed, his judgment concurring with ours in the divisions and Characteristic notes of the Genera." He "went up to St. John's College as a sizar in 1648 from Sedbergh School: he was born at Newsham, a farmer's son, and kept a successful school at Brignall" (Raven, 319, n. 1). Dictionary of National Biography entry: https://doi-org.cyber.usask.ca/10.1093/ref:odnb/47842 Roles: Authority - early modernRelevant locations: Educated at St John's College (Cambridge)
Lived at or near Brignall
People linked to person: Ralph Johnson was a friend of John Ray (1627-1705)
Ralph Johnson was a friend of Walter Stonehouse (c. 1597-17 Jul 1655)
Ralph Johnson was a associate or acquaintance (general) of John, the Elder Tradescant (c.1570s-c.15 Apr 1638)
Ralph Johnson was a associate or acquaintance (general) of Tradescanti (-)
Ralph Johnson was a associate or acquaintance (general) of John Tradescant, the Younger (4 Aug 1608 [bap.]-22 Apr 1662)
Ralph Johnson was a friend of Francis Willughby (22 Nov 1635-03 Jul 1672)