Robert Gibbon Johnson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American gentleman farmer, historian, horticulturalist, judge, soldier and statesman
Date of Birth: 23-Jul-1771
Place of Birth: Salem, New Jersey, United States
Date of Death: 02-Oct-1850
Profession: lawyer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Robert Gibbon Johnson
- Robert Gibbon Johnson (July 23, 1771 – October 2, 1850), also known as Colonel Johnson, was an American gentleman farmer, historian, horticulturalist, judge, soldier and statesman who lived in Salem, New Jersey.
- He is especially renowned for the apocryphal story that he publicly ate a basket of tomatoes at the Old Salem County Courthouse in 1820 to demonstrate that they were not poisonous, as was supposedly commonly thought at the time.
- He was a keen antiquarian and wrote a history of Salem – An Historical Account of the First Settlement of Salem, in West Jersey – which was published by Orrin Rogers in 1839.
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