JOHNSON, Franklin, American Baptist clergyman and educator: b. Frankfort, Ohio. 2 Nov. 1836; d. 7 Oct. 1916. He was graduated from Colgate Seminary in 1861; was ordained a Baptist minister in 1862, and was pastor at Bay City, Mich., 1861-63; Lambertville, N. J., 1864 66; Passaic, N. J., Newark, N. J., 1872-74; and Cambridge, Mass., 1874-88. He studied at German universities and traveled Europe, Egypt and Palestine in 1868-69. He was made D.D. by the University of Jena, Ger many, in 1869, and LL.D. by the University of Ottawa, Kan., 1898. After his pastorate in Cambridge he traveled in Greece and spent the winter of 1888-89 in Athens. He was presi dent of Ottawa University 1890-92. The re mainder of his public life has been in connec tion with the University of Chicago, where he was assistant professor of church history and homiletics 1892-94; associate professor 1894-95; professor 1895-1908; and professor emeritus since 1908. Thus his public life has been divided into two almost equal parts, the first in the pastorate and the second in univer sity administration and teaching. While labor
ing as pastor at Cambridge he was also editor of The Watchman 1876-77. The following are his principal published writings: 'The Gospel according to Matthew,' with notes (1873) ; 'Moses and Israel' (1874); 'Heroes and Judges from the Lawgiver to the King' (1875) ; 'True Womanhood; Hints on the Formation of Womanly Character> (1884) ; and 'Romance in Song,' a translation of Heine's 'Lyrical Interlude' (1884) ; 'The New Psychic Studies in their Relation to Christian Thought' (1886) ; `The Quotations of the New Testament from the Old considered in the Light of General Literature' (1896) • 'The Home Missionaries,' a poem (1899) : 'Have we the Likeness of Christ?' (1902) 'The Christian's Relation to Evolution' (1904). In addition he made con tributions to reviews and to encyclopedias, and Published translations of Latin and Anabaptist hymns in the current periodicals. He jour neyed around the world in 1913-14. making studies of Christian missions and the conditions of Asiatic populations.