Dr. Johnson as a biographer.

• Main Author: Ekpenyong, John. O.
• Other Authors: Hemlow, J. (Supervisor)
• Format: Others
• Language: en
• Published: McGill University 1960
• Subjects: English.
• Online Access: http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=112802

Biography, it appears to me, is as old as the conscious experience of man and has its roots in the instinct of self-preservation: “and even the behaviourists might allow” that it is this instinct that' consciously or unconsciously motivates man to struggle in defiance of total annihilation by either natural or social forces to preserve himself and his heritage. One of the ways in which it expresses itself is in the desire to commemorate outstanding individuals whose lives have been found to be remarkable and useful in society.