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Elizabeth A. Johnson
Elizabeth Johnson may refer to: *Elizabeth Johnson Jr. (1671-1747), convicted during the Salem witch trials *Elizabeth Johnson (died 1752) (1689–1752), wife of writer Samuel Johnson *Elizabeth Johnson (actress) (1771–1830), English stage actress *Elizabeth Johnson (pamphleteer) (1721–1800), longitude projector *Eliza McCardle Johnson (1810–1876), wife of US president Andrew Johnson *Elizabeth Johnson (advocate) (fl. 1870–1901), advocate of Kansas history *Elizabeth Johnson (theologian) (born 1941), Christian feminist theologian *Elizabeth Friench Johnson, American college professor *E. Elizabeth Johnson, Presbyterian biblical scholar *Betty Johnson (1929–2022), American traditional pop and cabaret singer *Betsey Johnson (born 1942), American fashion designer *Betty Johnson (physicist) (1936–2003), American theoretical physicist *Betsy Johnson (born 1951), American politician in Oregon *Liz Johnson (bowler) (born 1974), American professional bowler *Liz Johnson (swimmer) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salem Witch Trials
The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693. More than 200 people were accused. Thirty people were found guilty, 19 of whom were executed by hanging (14 women and five men). One other man, Giles Corey, was pressed to death after refusing to enter a plea, and at least five people died in jail. Arrests were made in numerous towns beyond Salem and Salem Village (known today as Danvers), notably Andover and Topsfield. The grand juries and trials for this capital crime were conducted by a Court of Oyer and Terminer in 1692 and by a Superior Court of Judicature in 1693, both held in Salem Town, where the hangings also took place. It was the deadliest witch hunt in the history of colonial North America. Only fourteen other women and two men had been executed in Massachusetts and Connecticut during the 17th century. The episode is one of Colonial America's most no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Johnson (died 1752)
Elizabeth Johnson ('' née'' Jervis; 4 February 1689 – 17 March 1752), familiarly known as "Tetty", was the widow of Birmingham merchant Henry Porter, and later the wife of English writer Samuel Johnson, whom she predeceased. Biography Elizabeth was born on 4 February 1689 and baptised at Great Peatling (also known as Peatling Magna) on 16 February of that year. She was a daughter of William Jervis (21 June 1659 – January 1695) of Great Peatling, and his wife, Anne, daughter of Henry Darell of Middle Temple. She was the middle daughter of three sisters and three brothers. As her eldest sister died at the age of 11 and the younger at the age of four, Elizabeth was the only daughter to reach adulthood. In July 1708 Elizabeth inherited from her grandmother Elizabeth Jervis all her household goods, as well as her plate, rings and cash. She also inherited half of the residue of her grandmother's estate the other half going to her mother Anne. Elizabeth married Henry Porter (bap. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Johnson (actress)
Elizabeth Johnson (1771 – June 18, 1830), known primarily by the stage name Mrs. Johnson but also known by her maiden name Elizabeth Ford and the stage name Miss Ford, was an English actress who had an influential transatlantic stage career in England and the United States from 1790 through 1817. Life and career Born Elizabeth Ford in Ipswich, Suffolk, England in 1771, she was the daughter of Major Ford. She began her career with John Brunton's circuit of theatres in Norfolk sometime before 1790.Dunlap, p. 149 The earliest specific record of one of her performances was at Theatre Royal, Norwich in 1790 where she was acting under the name Miss Ford. She married the actor John Johnson (1759–1819) around this times, and in 1772 began appearing on the stage as Mrs. Johnson; the name she used for the rest of her career. In 1793–1794 she was committed to the Old Orchard Street Theatre in Bath and Bristol Old Vic in Bristol; appearing in Tate Wilkinson's ''The Wandering Patentee''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Johnson (pamphleteer)
Elizabeth Johnson, ''née'' Reynolds (8 July 1721 – 14 May 1800), was an English pamphleteer who attempted to win one of the rewards offered by the 1714 Longitude Act passed, which offered monetary rewards for anyone who could find a simple and practical method for the precise determination of a ship's longitude. Johnson and Jane Squire are the only two women known to have made such an attempt as it was not considered an appropriate subject for early modern women especially given its financial, maritime, and government dimensions. Early background She was born to the Rev. Samuel Reynolds and his wife Theophilia in Plympton, Devon. Among her siblings was the acclaimed artist Sir Joshua Reynolds, who used her as a model for works which were widely copied in mezzotint. The two would later quarrel over Joshua's lack of piety and over her husband's precarious financial situation and eventual bankruptcy. Other siblings included the author Mary Palmer and painter Frances Reynolds. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eliza McCardle Johnson
Eliza Johnson (née McCardle; October 4, 1810 – January 15, 1876) was the first lady of the United States from 1865 to 1869. She served as the second lady of the United States in 1865. She was the wife of Andrew Johnson, the 17th president of the United States. Early life and marriage Eliza was born in Telford, Tennessee, the only child of John McCardle, a shoemaker, and Sarah Phillips. Her father died when Eliza was still in her teens in 1825. She was raised by her widowed mother in Greeneville, Tennessee. One day in September 1826, Eliza was chatting with classmates from Rhea Academy when she spotted Andrew Johnson and his family pull into town with all their belongings. They instantly took a liking to each other. Andrew Johnson, 18, married Eliza McCardle, 16, on May 17, 1827, at the home of the bride's mother in Greeneville. Mordecai Lincoln, a paternal uncle of Abraham Lincoln, presided over the nuptials. At 16, Eliza Johnson married at a younger age than any other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Johnson (advocate)
Elizabeth A. Johnson was a prominent advocate of Kansas history. She discovered, purchased, and donated the land that makes up the Pawnee Indian Museum State Historic Site to the state of Kansas in 1899. At the time, it was considered to be the first place the United States flag was raised on the state of Kansas. In the 1870s, Johnson became interested in Zebulon Pike and the possibility that the events surrounding the raising of the U.S. flag occurred nearby. She discovered what was believed to be the site in 1875 and, after studying Pike's journals and investigating another reported Pawnee site in southern Nebraska, concluded that this was the village that Pike had visited. To protect the site from being plowed, she and her husband bought the land. In 1901, the Johnsons donated the site to the state of Kansas for historic preservation.Platoff, Anne M"The Pike-Pawnee Flag Incident: Reexamining a Vexillogical Legend". ''Raven: A Journal of Vexillology'' v. 6 (1999) p. 1–8. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Johnson (theologian)
Elizabeth A. Johnson (born December 7, 1941) is a Roman Catholic feminist theologian. She is a Distinguished Professor Emerita of Theology at Fordham University, a Jesuit institution in New York City and a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Brentwood. The ''National Catholic Reporter'' has called Johnson "one of the country's most prominent and respected theologians." Wuerl Resigns, Ending Influential Tenure in Wake of Abuse Report, October 12, 2018, National Catholic Reporter Johnson has served as president of the and is "one of its most well known members." [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Friench Johnson
Elizabeth Friench Johnson (March 21, 1890 – February 21, 1979) was an American college professor. She was head of the modern languages department at Winthrop College in South Carolina, from 1922 to 1955. She also taught at Sweet Briar College and Centre College. Early life Johnson was born in Manassas, Virginia, the daughter of Joseph Benjamin Johnson and Fannie Simpson Johnson. She graduated from Goucher College in 1911, and completed her doctoral studies in 1916 at Johns Hopkins University. Her research involved German literature and philology; her dissertation title was '' Weckherlin's Eclogues of the Seasons'' (1922). She was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa honor society. Career Johnson taught at Sweet Briar College from 1917 to 1921. From 1922 to 1955, Johnson was head of the modern languages department at Winthrop College. She hosted meetings of the school's German club in her home. and chaired the board of advisors for the Rock Hill YWCA. After she retired from Winth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betty Johnson
Betty Johnson (March 16, 1929 – November 6, 2022) was an American traditional pop and cabaret singer who reached her career peak in the 1950s. Biography Johnson was born in Guilford County, North Carolina on March 16, 1929. Johnson's professional debut was in a family group, the Johnson Family Singers, including her parents and three brothers, singing a repertoire primarily of religious material. The family won a singing contest in Charlotte, North Carolina, and was signed to a contract on a WBT (AM), a major radio station in that city. The family sang on broadcasts from 1938 to 1951, and Betty did some solo work on the station as well beginning in 1943.Article from Encyclopedia of Jazz on Betty Johnson By 1948, she had her own 15-minute radio program. As a teenager, she was signed by |
Betsey Johnson
Betsey Johnson (born 1942) is an American fashion designer best known for her feminine and whimsical designs. Many of her designs are considered "over the top" and embellished. She also is known for doing a cartwheel ending in a split at the end of her fashion shows. Early life and education Johnson was born in Wethersfield, Connecticut, the second of three children born to Lena and John Johnson. She has an elder sister, Sally, and a younger brother, Robert. Johnson grew up in Terryville, Connecticut, and took many dance classes, which inspired her love of costumes. Following her graduation from high school, Johnson studied at the Pratt Institute and then later graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Syracuse University, where she was a member of the Alpha Xi Delta women's sorority. After graduation, she spent a summer as an intern at '' Mademoiselle'' magazine, where she was mentored by Edie Locke. Career Johnson's fashion career started after she entered and won the '' Mademoisell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betty Johnson (physicist)
Elizabeth Johnson (18 October 1936 – 11 September 2003) was an American theoretical physicist, who was awarded an MBE in 2002 for "services to people returning to careers in science, engineering and technology". Johnson was influential in establishing the Daphne Jackson Trust and was one of the first women to receive a fellowship after a career break for family commitments. Career and research Johnson was born in Philadelphia. She received a BA in physics and mathematics at Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania in 1958. She completed a PhD in elementary particle physics at the University of Manchester with support of the State Department Fulbright Scholarship scheme between 1958 – 1960, and an honorary Woodrow Wilson fellow. She continued her research in the University of Pittsburgh, University of Wisconsin–Madison, King's College London and the University of Auckland. Johnson held several part-time positions at the University of Surrey whilst raising two children. In 197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betsy Johnson
Elizabeth Katharine Johnson (born January 12, 1951) is an American aviator, entrepreneur, and politician who served in the Oregon House of Representatives from the 1st and 31st House districts from 2001 to 2005, and in the Oregon Senate from the 16th district from 2005 to 2021, as a member of the Democratic Party. Prior to her tenure in the state legislature she served on the Port of St. Helens board and worked in the Oregon Department of Transportation. Johnson was born in Bend, Oregon, as the daughter of Sam Johnson, who served in the state house. She was raised in Redmond, Oregon, and educated at Oregon Episcopal School, Carleton College, and Lewis and Clark College. She operated a helicopter business and participated in international helicopter competitions. She was active in local politics in Columbia County, Oregon, where she served on the boards of multiple groups and she was elected to the Port of St. Helens board in a 1993 special election. She was the manager of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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