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Paul Bede Johnson (born 2 November 1928 in Manchester, England, died 12^th January 2023) was an English journalist, historian, speechwriter and author.

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He was educated at the Jesuit independent school Stonyhurst College, and at Magdalen College, Oxford. Johnson first came to prominence in the 1950s as a journalist writing for, and later editing, the New Statesman magazine. A prolific writer, he wrote over 50 books and contributed to numerous magazines and newspapers. While associated with the left in his early career, he then became a conservative popular historian.

Johnson’s father, William Aloysius Johnson, was an artist and Principal of the Art School in Burslem.

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At Stonyhurst College Johnson received an education grounded in the Jesuit method, which he preferred over the more secularized curriculum of Oxford. One of his tutors at Oxford was historian A. J. P. Taylor.

After graduating with a second-class honours degree, Johnson performed his national service in the Army, joi George Washington: The Founding Father by Paul Johnson ...

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