The Vault at Pfaff's

An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

A Western Linguist

Smith, Barton. "A Western Linguist." Saturday Press, December 11, 1858, 3.
Electronic Source Available
Type
newspaper
Genre
biography
Abstract

This article (from the Tribune) details the history of the relatively unknown linguist from Mount Vernon, Illinois, A.C. Johnson. The article discusses his education and progress through a dozen languages.