Paul Johnson Writer Father: Who Is William Aloysius Johnson?

British journalist, historian, and author Paul Johnson. In addition to “A History of Christianity,” he has authored over 40 publications, including “Modern Times:

The World from the Twenties to the Nineties.” The New Statesman, the Spectator, and the Daily Mail are just a few of the magazines for which he has written.

Johnson is a well-known public intellectual in the UK and is noted for his conservative viewpoints.

Paul Johnson Writer Father: Who Is William Aloysius Johnson?

In Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, his father, William Aloysius Johnson, was the head of the art school and himself an artist.

Johnson preferred the more secularized Oxford curriculum to the Jesuit-based education he got at Stonyhurst College.

Johnson was a Manchester native. In Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, his father, William Aloysius Johnson, was the head of the art school and himself an artist.

Johnson preferred the more secularized Oxford curriculum to the Jesuit-based education he got at Stonyhurst College.