Johnson described Hodge as 'a very fine cat indeed'. All the information you might want on Hodge is available at Moggies
The poet, Percival Stockdale wrote An Elegy on the Death of Dr Johnson's Favourite Cat:
Who, by his master when caressed
Warmly his gratitude expressed;
And never failed his thanks to purr
Whene'er he stroked his sable fur.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Hodge, Johnson's cat
Hodge is sitting on a leather-bound book ("A Dictionary of the English Langua...
Author and Naturalist. Born at House of Elrig, Mochrum, Wigtownshire. During World War II he served as an instructor with the Special Operations Executive. In 1956 he toured the reed marshes of Sou...
Pioneering environmentalist, ornithologist and internationalist, a founder of the World Wildlife Fund, initiator of the Jubilee Walkway. Father of Piers Nicholson, sundial designer. Born Ireland a...
Son of a proprietor of a coaching firm in Paddington who built coaches, provided services to funerals and owned two small farms, one at Chalfont St Giles where he rested his horses. Bertram was bro...
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