Richard Johnson

Richard Johnson (baptized May 24, 1573, London, Eng.—died 1659?) was an English author of popular romances, notably The Most Famous History of the Seaven Champions of Christendome (vol 1., 1596; vol. 2, 1597), which was so successful that one or two further parts were added later. The work includes a number of unacknowledged quotations from William Shakespeare. Almost nothing is known of Johnson’s life, though in his Nine Worthies of London (1592) he referred to...