S. F. Johnson (1918–2005)

Samuel Frederick Johnson was born on July 22, 1918 in Pittsburgh. Son of Samuel Frederick and Estella Helen (Kitsch) Johnson.
Bachelor, Haverford College, 1940; Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1941; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1948; Postgrad., Indiana University, 1943; Postgrad., The Sorbonne, 1946.
Instructor Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1948-1949. Assistant professor New York University, New York City, 1949-1954. From assistant professor to professor English and comparative renaissance literature Columbia University, 1954-1984, professor emeritus, from 1984.

Visiting professor Washington University, St. Louis, 1963. Member supervising committee English Institute, New York City, 1957-1959.

English and literature educator emeritus. Guggenheim fellow, 1954; Huntington Library. grantee, 1972. With United States Army, 1942-1946. Member Modern Language Association (assistant secretary, editor 1951-1952), Renaissance Society of America (associate editor 1967-1984), Shakespeare Association American (associate editor 1956-1957, member edition board Shakespearean International Yearbook 1996-1999), Phi Beta Kappa.