Cuthbert William Johnson (21 September 1799 – 8 March 1878) was an English barrister and agricultural writer.

Life

Born at Bromley, Kent, on 21 September 1799, he was the eldest surviving son of William Johnson of Liverpool, and of Widmore House, Bromley, Kent. George William Johnson was his brother, and they were for some time employed together in their father's salt-works at

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. With his brother, Johnson was admitted a member of

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on 6 January 1832, and

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on 8 June 1836. He had chambers at 14 Gray's Inn Square, went the western circuit, and attended the Winchester and Hampshire sessions. Johnson was widely known as an authority on agricultural matters. He took part in the agitation which led to the passing of the

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, and was for many years chairman of the Croydon local board of health. He was elected

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on 10 March 1842. He died at his house, Waldronhurst, Croydon, on 8 March 1878.

Works

Johnson wrote works with his brother. Major works on his own, all published in London, were: * ''The Use of Crushed Bones as Manure'', 1836; 3rd edit. the same year. * ''The Life of Sir Edward Coke'', 2 vols. 1837. * ''The Advantages of Railways to Agriculture'', with ''Observations on the General Importance of Railways'' by George William Johnson, 1837; 2nd edit. the same year. * ''The Law of Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, Checks'', &c., 2nd edit. 1839. * ''On Fertilisers'', 1839; 3rd edit. 1851. * ''The Farmers' Encyclopædia and Dictionary of Rural Affairs'', 1842; edited for American use by Gouverneur Emerson. * ''Agricultural Chemistry for Young Farmers'', 1843. * ''The Farmer's Medical Dictionary for the Diseases of Animals'', 1845. * ''The Acts for Promoting the Public Health'', 1848–51, 1852. With

Edward Cresy Edward Cresy FSA (7 May 1792 – 12 November 1858) was an English architect and civil engineer. Life Cresy was born at Dartford, Kent, and was educated at Rawes's academy at Bromley in the same county. He became a pupil of James T. Parkinson, ar ...

, Johnson wrote ''On the Cottages of Agricultural Labourers'', 1847. From 1840 he ran ''The Farmer's Almanac and Calendar'' with William Shaw; from 1843 he worked with other writers to bring out ''The Annual Register of Agricultural Instruction''. He translated in 1844 Albrecht Thaer's ''Principles of Agriculture'' from the German.

Family

Johnson married Mary Ann Gower, eldest daughter of Richard Hall Gower, in 1844. She died in 1861.

Notes

Attribution {{DEFAULTSORT:Johnson, Cuthbert William 1799 births 1878 deaths English barristers Fellows of the Royal Society 19th-century English lawyers 19th-century English writers