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Richard Johnson

· historian of early America and the early modern Atlantic world

University of Washington · History

Active 1620–2026

h-index176
Citations118.9k
Papers1.3k197 last 5y
Funding$94.7M1 active

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Richard Johnson is a historian specializing in early America and the early modern Atlantic world. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1972. His research focuses on the period of the American Revolution and the processes of comparative states-formation during these years. Johnson's first book, 'Adjustment to Empire: The New England Colonies, 1675-1715,' is a comparative study of the New England colonies during the Glorious Revolution, examining their accommodations to closer relationships with English imperial government and society. His second book, 'John Nelson, Merchant Adventurer: A Life between Empires,' uncovers the life of a merchant, diplomat, and spy navigating between imperial powers in the late seventeenth-century Atlantic world. Johnson has published essays on topics including Ancient Greece, Early America, Indian-white relations, the Glorious Revolution, and the clash of legislatures leading to the American Revolution. He has served on editorial boards of prominent history journals and held leadership roles such as Director of Graduate Studies and Chair of the UW History Department. Recognized for his teaching, he has received the university's Distinguished Teacher Award and has given the Alumni Lecture Series at the University of Washington. Currently, he teaches courses on early American history, the American Revolution, and American Constitutional History, along with seminars on figures like Jefferson, Franklin, and Adams, and…

Research topics

  • Internal medicine
  • Medicine
  • Endocrinology
  • Biology
  • Biochemistry
  • Chemistry
  • Computer Science
  • Intensive care medicine
  • Oceanography
  • Gastroenterology

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Recent grants

Frequent coauthors

  • Miguel A. Lanaspa

    University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

    328 shared

  • Takahiko Nakagawa

    Shiga University of Medical Science

    326 shared

  • Laura Gabriela Sánchez‐Lozada

    251 shared

  • Duk‐Hee Kang

    Ewha Womans University Medical Center

    233 shared

  • Carlos A. Roncal-Jiménez

    University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

    209 shared

  • Bernardo Rodríguez‐Iturbe

    Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán

    204 shared

  • Ana Andres‐Hernando

    University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

    168 shared

  • Masanari Kuwabara

    Toranomon Hospital

    159 shared

Labs

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Education

  • B.S.

    University of Wisconsin Madison

    1975

Awards & honors

  • Distinguished Teacher Award

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