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Esther Johnson
Close friend of Jonathan Swift / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the baseball player, see Esther Johnson (baseball). For the artist, see Esther Borough Johnson.
Esther Johnson (13 March 1681 – 28 January 1728) was an Englishwoman known to have been a close friend of Jonathan Swift, known as "Stella". Whether or not she and Swift were secretly married, and if so why the marriage was never made public, is a subject of debate.