British Physician. He became recognized as an authority of his time on cholera and on kidney diseases and published several works on these subjects. He was one of the first physicians to use the laryngoscope and the ophthalmoscope and reintroduced the picric acid test for albumen and sugar. The son of a farmer, in 1837 he was apprenticed to his uncle, a general practitioner at Cranbrook in Kent. In October 1839 he entered the medical school of King's College in London, England. Following his graduation in 1843, he served in King's College Hospital as house physician and then house surgeon. In 1850 he was made an honorary fellow of King's College. He became an assistant physician at the hospital. From 1857 to 1863 he was Professor of Materia medica (pharmacology) and from 1863 to 1876 he was Professor of Medicine. In 1862 Johnson was elected a member of the senate of the University of London. In 1865 he was appointed a consulting physician to the British Home and Hospital for Incurables. In 1872 he was made a fellow of the British Royal Society and from 1876 to 1886 he was Professor of Clinical Medicine at Kings. In 1883 he was appointed consulting physician to the Royal College of Music. He was a Censor at the Royal College of Physicians and in 1887 was appointed Vice President of this institution. In 1889 British Queen Victoria made him a Physician-Extraordinary and he received a knighthood three years later.
British Physician. He became recognized as an authority of his time on cholera and on kidney diseases and published several works on these subjects. He was one of the first physicians to use the laryngoscope and the ophthalmoscope and reintroduced the picric acid test for albumen and sugar. The son of a farmer, in 1837 he was apprenticed to his uncle, a general practitioner at Cranbrook in Kent. In October 1839 he entered the medical school of King's College in London, England. Following his graduation in 1843, he served in King's College Hospital as house physician and then house surgeon. In 1850 he was made an honorary fellow of King's College. He became an assistant physician at the hospital. From 1857 to 1863 he was Professor of Materia medica (pharmacology) and from 1863 to 1876 he was Professor of Medicine. In 1862 Johnson was elected a member of the senate of the University of London. In 1865 he was appointed a consulting physician to the British Home and Hospital for Incurables. In 1872 he was made a fellow of the British Royal Society and from 1876 to 1886 he was Professor of Clinical Medicine at Kings. In 1883 he was appointed consulting physician to the Royal College of Music. He was a Censor at the Royal College of Physicians and in 1887 was appointed Vice President of this institution. In 1889 British Queen Victoria made him a Physician-Extraordinary and he received a knighthood three years later.
Bio by: William Bjornstad
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