Samuel Johnson (American educator)

Samuel Johnson
1st President of King's College
In office
1754–1763
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byMyles Cooper
Personal details
Born(1696-10-14)October 14, 1696
Guilford, Connecticut Colony, British America
DiedJanuary 6, 1772(1772-01-06) (aged 75)
Stratford, Connecticut Colony, British America
Spouses
Charity Floyd Nicoll
(m. 1725; died 1758)
Sarah Beach
(m. 1761; died 1763)
ChildrenWilliam Samuel Johnson
William "Billy" Johnson
ParentSamuel Johnson Sr.
Alma materYale College

Samuel Johnson (October 14, 1696 – January 6, 1772) was a clergyman, educator, linguist, encyclopedist, historian, and philosopher in colonial America. He was a major proponent of both Anglicanism and the philosophies of William Wollaston and George Berkeley in the colonies, founded and served as the first president of the Anglican King's College, which was renamed Columbia University following the American Revolutionary War, and was a key figure of the American Enlightenment.