Chapter Jeffrey to Johnson of J by Biographical Dictionary of English Literature

Jewsbury, Geraldine Endsor (1812-1880).—Novelist, wrote several novels, of which Zoe, The Half- Sisters, and Constance Herbert may be mentioned. She also wrote stories for children, and was a contributor to various magazines.

John of Salisbury (1120?-1180?).—B. at Salisbury, studied at Paris. He became secretrayto Theobald Archbishop of Canterbury, and retained the office under Becket. In 1176 he was made Bishop of Chartres. He wrote in Latin, in 8 books, Polycraticus, seu De Nugis Curialium et Vestigiis Philosophorum (on the Trifles of the Courtiers, and the Footsteps of the Philosophers). In it he treats of pastimes, flatterers, tyrannicide, the duties of kings and knights, virtue and vice, glory, and the right of the Church to remove kings if in its opinion they failed in their duty. He also wrote a Life of Anselm. He was one of the greatest scholars of the Middle Ages.

Johnson, Lionel (1867-1902).—Poet and critic. Ireland and other Poems (2 vols.) (1897), The Art of Thomas Hardy, and miscellaneous critical works.