Daniel Johnson (1767–1835) was a British surgeon in

Bengal Bengal ( ; bn, বাংলা/বঙ্গ, translit=Bānglā/Bôngô, ) is a geopolitical, cultural and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal, predom ...

, known also as writer on Indian

field sports Field sports are outdoor sports that take place in the wilderness or sparsely populated rural areas, where there are vast areas of uninhabited greenfields. The term specifically refer to activities that mandate sufficiently large open spaces and ...

Life

Johnson's paternal grandparents were the Rev. Samuel Johnson (died 1745), vicar of

Great Torrington Great Torrington (often abbreviated to Torrington, though the villages of Little Torrington and Black Torrington are situated in the same region) is a market town in Devon, England. Parts of it are sited on high ground with steep drops down to ...

, Devon, and his wife Jane Skinner. He was appointed assistant surgeon in the Bengal medical service on 22 January 1789. He was promoted to surgeon on 11 March 1805, and retired from the service in 1809, settling at Great Torrington. He died there on 12 September 1835, aged 68.

Works

Johnson in 1822 published, with the aid of the young daughter of the local bookseller, ''Sketches of Indian Field-Sports''. The book was dedicated to the Court of Directors of the

East India Company The East India Company (EIC) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. It was formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies (the Indian subcontinent and South ...

; in 1827 he issued a second edition, with a new chapter on "Hunting the Wild Boar". In 1823 he published, also at Great Torrington, ''Observations on Colds, Fevers, and other Disorders'', with prescriptions.

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Sketches of Field Sports as Followed by the Natives of India (1822)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Johnson, Daniel 1767 births 1835 deaths English surgeons British East India Company people English writers