Thomas Herbert Johnson

Thomas Herbert Johnson (April 27, 1902 – January 3, 1985) was an American scholar, teacher, editor, and bibliographer in the field of American literature.

His achievements in letters include: his discovery of the Puritan poet Edward Taylor (–1729), whose ''Poetical Works'' he issued in 1939; his co-editorship of ''Literary History of the United States'' (1948, 3 vols.) of which he compiled the third volume, the ''Bibliography''; and his editions of the writings of Emily Dickinson (1830–1886) which comprise the ''Poems'' (1955, 3 vols.) and the ''Letters'' (1958, 3 vols.). In 1955, he also published ''Emily Dickinson: An Interpretative Biography.'' Prior to Johnson's work, no accurate or complete editions of the writing of this American poet were in existence. In addition, he was the author of ''The Oxford Companion to American History'', 1966. Provided by Wikipedia