Philander Chase Johnson Explained

Philander Chase Johnson
Birth Date:	1866 2, mf=yes^[1]
Birth Place:	Wheeling, West Virginia, United States
Death Place:	Washington, D.C., United States
Resting Place:	Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington D.C.
Occupation:	Playwright, Humorist, Lyricist, Critic^[2]
Nationality:	American
Period:	1866–1939
Spouse:	^[3] ^[4]

Philander Chase Johnson (1866–1939) was an American journalist, humorist, poet, lyricist, and dramatic editor.^[2] At the time of his death, he had been a Washington Evening Star staff member for 47 years.^[2] Prior to joining the Evening Star, he had been an editorial writer for The Washington Post.^[3]

Works

• Sayings of Uncle Eben (1896)
• Now-A-Day Poems (1900)
• Songs Of The G. O. P. (1900)
• Senator Sorghum's primer of politics (1906)
• No use kickin' (1909)
• In the tall timber : an opera bluffe (1912)
• Somewhere In France Is the Lily (1917). L: Joseph E. Howard^[5]
• There's a Call for You and Me, Carry On (1918). m: William T. Pierson

External links

• Web site: 2015-01-02. Online Books by Philander Chase Johnson. The Online Books Page, University of Pennsylvania.

Notes and References

1. https://dcwritershomes.wdchumanities.org/philander-c-johnson/ DC Writers' Homes
2. Web site: Shooting Star Characters Pay Novel Tribute to Creator. The Evening Star . Washington, D.C. . 2 January 2015. 8 June 1922. 3.
3. News: Johnson-Covert Wedding. 2 January 2015. The Evening Star (Washington D.C.). 20 October 1890. 5.
4. News: P.C. Johnson Weds. 2 January 2015. The Washington Herald . Washington D.C. . 10 April 1908. 5.
5. Book: Parker, Bernard S.. World War I Sheet Music (Volume 2). McFarland & Company. 2007. 0-7864-2799-X. Jefferson, North Carolina. 608, 665.