Charles Johnson,

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, FBA, FSA,

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(2 May 1870 – 5 November 1961) was an English historian and archivist. A graduate of

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, he worked in the

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from 1893 to 1930. There, he worked on classifying

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files and ancient miscellanea, and assisted with the publication of editions of the PRO's records. He also authored several editions of medieval documents, produced monographs, took part in the

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's effort to produce a dictionary of medieval Latin, and sat on several academic administration boards. He was appointed a Commander of the

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in 1951 and elected a

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in 1934.H. C. Johnson
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, 2008). Retrieved 11 February 2021.

Selected works

* (editor with Arthur Hughes and C. G. Crump) ''De Necessariis Observantiis Scaccarii Dialogus, Commonly Called Dialogus de scaccario'' (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902) * (with

Hilary Jenkinson Sir Charles Hilary Jenkinson (1 November 1882 – 5 March 1961)Johnson and Brodie 2008. was a British archivist and archival theorist, regarded as the figure most responsible for bringing continental European concepts of archival theory to t ...

) ''English Court Hand'' (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1915) * ''The Public Record Office'', Helps for Students of History (London: Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge, 1918) * ''The Care of Documents and Management of Archives'', Helps for Students of History (London: Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge, 1919) * ''The Mechanical Processes of the Historian'', Helps for Students of History (London: Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge, 1922) * (editor) ''Registrum Hamonis Hethe Diocesis Roffensis A. D. 1319-1352'', 2 vols., The Publications of the Canterbury and York Society, nos. 48-49 (Oxford: Oxford University Press for the Canterbury and York Society, 1948) * (editor) ''Dialogus de Scaccario: The Course of the Exchequer by Richard, son of Nigel, Treasurer of England and Bishop of London'', Nelson Medieval Classics (London: Nelson, 1950) * (editor, with H. A. Cronne) ''Regesta Regum Anglo-Normannorum'', vol. 2 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1956) * (editor)

Nicholas Oresme Nicole Oresme (; ; 1 January 1325 – 11 July 1382), also known as Nicolas Oresme, Nicholas Oresme, or Nicolas d'Oresme, was a French philosopher of the later Middle Ages. He wrote influential works on economics, mathematics, physics, astrology, ...

, ''De Moneta'', Nelson Medieval Classics (London: Nelson, 1956) * (editor)

Hugh the Chanter Hugh Sottovagina (died c. 1140), often referred to as Hugh the Chanter or Hugh the Chantor, was a historian for York Minster during the 12th century and was probably an archdeacon An archdeacon is a senior clergy position in the Church of the E ...

, ''History of the Church of York, 1066-1127'', Nelson Medieval Classics (London: Nelson, 1961)

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