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Joseph Johnson
Joseph Johnson may refer to: Entertainment *Joseph McMillan Johnson (1912–1990), American film art director *Smokey Johnson (1936–2015), New Orleans jazz musician * N.O. Joe (Joseph Johnson, born 1975), American musician, producer and songwriter Politics * Joseph Johnson (South Carolina mayor) (1776–1862), mayor of Charleston, South Carolina, United States *Joseph Johnson (Virginia politician) (1785–1877), U.S. Representative and Governor of Virginia *Frank Johnson (politician) (Joseph Colin Francis Johnson, 1848–1904), journalist and politician in South Australia, Minister of Education 1887 to 1889 * Joseph Johnson (FDNY Commissioner) (1871–1941), American fire department commissioner *Joseph B. Johnson (1893–1986), Governor of Vermont * Joseph B. Johnson (Wisconsin politician) (1837–1913), American farmer-politician from Wisconsin *Joseph E. Johnson (government official) (1906–1990), American government official with the United States Department of State and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph McMillan Johnson
Joseph McMillan Johnson (September 15, 1912 – April 17, 1990) was a leading Hollywood art director born in Los Angeles. He was graduated from USC with a degree in architecture before attending Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. He was working for well-known architect Kem Weber when he was hired by David O. Selznick in 1938. He worked as a sketch artist for designs on ''Gone with the Wind'' in 1939, and was heavily involved with the creation of the special effects for '' The Wizard of Oz'' that same year. He worked on most of Selznick's major productions including '' Duel in the Sun'' (1946), ''The Paradine Case'' (1947) and ''Portrait of Jennie'' (1948), for which he won an Oscar for the visual effects. A frequent collaborator with Alfred Hitchcock, (''Rear Window'' in 1954 was followed by ''To Catch a Thief'' in 1955 which earned him another Academy Award nomination), Johnson was forced to take a break from Hollywood during the McCarthy witch hunts. He returned to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Johnson (field Hockey)
Joseph Johnson (born 20 October 1945) is a Malaysian field hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve .... References External links * 1945 births Living people Malaysian male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for Malaysia Field hockey players at the 1968 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) {{Malaysia-fieldhockey-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Johnson III
Joseph Andrew Johnson III (1940 – 2017) was an American physicist and professor at the Florida A&M University. He was a founding member of the National Society of Black Physicists. He was awarded the 1995 American Physical Society Edward Bouchet award and the 2016 Yale University Bouchet Leadership Award Medal. Early life and education Johnson was born in Nashville, Tennessee to Grace and Bishop Joseph A. Johnson Jr. He attended Fisk University for his undergraduate studies, where he studied physics and graduated ''summa cum laude''. He moved to Yale University for his graduate studies, where he earned a master's in 1961 and PhD in 1965. Johnson was the second African American to obtain a Ph.D. in physics from Yale. His research considered plasma dynamics and the production of pions in antiproton-proton collisions. He worked under the supervision of Henry Kraybill. After graduating, Johnson worked at the Sikorsky Aircraft company and Bell Labs. Research and career Johnson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Johnson (chef)
Joseph Johnson is an American chef and author best known for cooking the food of the African diaspora. He is the 2019 recipient of a James Beard Foundation Book Award, which he received for ''Between Harlem and Heaven'', co-authored with Alexander Smalls. Johnson is the founder of fast-casual restaurant Fieldtrip. He was a chef on Buzzfeed's Tasty platform and a television host on Just Eats with Chef JJ. Early life and education Johnson was born in Long Island, New York, to a family of Caribbean ancestry. His grandparents were born in Barbados, Mississippi, North Carolina, and Puerto Rico. He spent his early life in the Poconos. At the age of seven, Johnson was inspired to become a chef after seeing a commercial for the Culinary Institute of America. He grew up reading his grandmother's cookbooks. Career After graduating from the Culinary Institute of America, Johnson spent time in Ghana studying West African cuisine, before returning to cook at several New York City restaur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Johnson (murderer)
Joseph Johnson may refer to: Entertainment *Joseph McMillan Johnson (1912–1990), American film art director * Smokey Johnson (1936–2015), New Orleans jazz musician * N.O. Joe (Joseph Johnson, born 1975), American musician, producer and songwriter Politics * Joseph Johnson (South Carolina mayor) (1776–1862), mayor of Charleston, South Carolina, United States *Joseph Johnson (Virginia politician) (1785–1877), U.S. Representative and Governor of Virginia *Frank Johnson (politician) Joseph Colin Francis Johnson (12 February 1848 – 18 June 1904), generally called J. C. F. Johnson or Frank Johnson, was a journalist and politician in colonial South Australia, Minister of Education 1887 to 1889. Johnson was born in Adelaid ... (Joseph Colin Francis Johnson, 1848–1904), journalist and politician in South Australia, Minister of Education 1887 to 1889 *Joseph Johnson (FDNY Commissioner) (1871–1941), American fire department commissioner *Joseph B. Johnson (1893–1986), G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph I (1877–1915)
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Joseph I or Josef I may refer to: *Joseph I of Constantinople, Ecumenical Patriarch in 1266–1275 and 1282–1283 *Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor (1678–1711) *Joseph I (Chaldean Patriarch) (reigned 1681–1696) *Joseph I of Portugal (1750–1777) *Joseph Bonaparte, brother of Napoleon Bonaparte, who reigned in Naples (1806–1808) and Spain (1808–1813) as Joseph I *Joseph I of Bulgaria Exarch Joseph I (also known as Iosif I, secular name Lazar Yovchev, ; May 5, 1840, Kalofer, Ottoman Empire – June 20, 1915, Sofia, Bulgaria) was a Bulgarian Exarch from 1877 to 1915. He has great merits for preserving the unity of the Bulgarian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph French Johnson
Joseph French Johnson (August 24, 1853 – January 22, 1925''The Phi Beta Kappa Key: The Official Publication of the United Chapters of Phi Beta Kappa'', Volume 6. Press of the Unionist-gazette Association, 1925. p. 109) was an American economist, journalist, Professor, and Dean of the School of Commerce, Accounts and Finance, New York University, and founding Dean of the Alexander Hamilton Institute in New York in 1909.Alexander Hamilton Institute. Forging ahead in business'' New York City, 1921, p. 9-10. Biography Johnson was born in Hardwick, Massachusetts, in 1853, son of Gardner Nye and Eliza (French) Johnson, a paternal ancestor, John Johnson, having emigrated from England and settled in Massachusetts about 1635. He was prepared for College in Jennings Seminary at Aurora, Illinois, from which he entered Northwestern University at Evanston. Passing later to Harvard he graduated as a Bachelor of Arts in 1878, subsequently studying for a short time under Johannes Conrad at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Forsyth Johnson
Joseph Forsyth Johnson (1840 – 17 July 1906) was an English landscape architect and disciple of John Ruskin.Joseph Forsyth Johnson " ''Gardening Magazine'' (August 1, 1906) p. 349. via Internet Archive. He "played a pivotal role in introducing the notion of naturalistic planting." Early life Johnson was English, and was possibly born near Liverpool. His Scottish maternal grandfather John Forsyth was a florist. His great-grandfather was William Forsyth, a botanist who co-founded the |
Joseph Johnson (watch Maker)
Joseph Johnson of Liverpool, England, was a highly respected and successful British master clock, watch and chronometer maker. He was a nonconformist who was married to Mary Bryers and who worked in Liverpool from 1795 to about 1827. The earliest specific date (from the hallmark in the silver case) known for a watch of his is 1811. He is known to have worked from a factory at 25 Church Street, although census records indicate that his residence was elsewhere in the same street (No. 26 and later (1841 census) No. 49); only No. 25 is named on the movements of his watches.Brass Goggles Accessed 2014-02-06 After his death, on 2 March 1827, his wife Mary, son Joseph Johnson and grandsons Joseph Johnson Cashen and Joseph Johnson Norris continued his work until at least 1857.http://www.horologia.me.uk/johnson_database_20203103.pdf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Johnson (publisher)
Joseph Johnson (15 November 1738 – 20 December 1809) was an influential 18th-century London bookseller and publisher. His publications covered a wide variety of genres and a broad spectrum of opinions on important issues. Johnson is best known for publishing the works of radical thinkers such as Mary Wollstonecraft, William Godwin, Thomas Malthus, Erasmus Darwin and Joel Barlow, feminist economist Priscilla Wakefield, as well as religious Dissenters such as Joseph Priestley, Anna Laetitia Barbauld, Gilbert Wakefield, and George Walker. In the 1760s, Johnson established his publishing business, which focused primarily on religious works. He also became friends with Priestley and the artist Henry Fuseli – two relationships that lasted his entire life and brought him much business. In the 1770s and 1780s, Johnson expanded his business, publishing important works in medicine and children's literature as well as the popular poetry of William Cowper and Erasmus Darwin. Throughout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Leroux
Charles Leroux (born as Joseph Johnson; 31 October 1856 in Waterbury, Connecticut, United States – in Reval, Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire) was an American balloonist and parachutist. He died on his 239th jump after a water landing in the city bay of Reval (now Tallinn, Estonia). A monument to Charles Leroux is located on Pirita road near Maarjamäe, Tallinn. Biography Charles Leroux was born in the town of Waterbury, Connecticut, United States. He came to Europe in 1889 in order to demonstrate his skill in flying balloons and parachuting from them. He is known to have performed exhibition jumps in Germany (Berlin and Bremen) and Russia (Moscow, St. Petersburg). He was to conclude his European tour in Tallinn. Leroux's parachute jump in Tallinn, initially scheduled for 10 September was postponed for two days on account of high winds. On 12 September ( o.s.), however, the weather showed little improvement. Variable winds were accompanied with fine rain every now a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Johnson (figure Skater)
Joseph "Joe" Johnson (born May 5, 1994) is an American former competitive ice dancer. Early life Johnson was born on May 5, 1994. He began skating in 2003. Career Since 2013, he has competed with Karina Manta in ice dance. Before he partnered with Manta, Johnson had competed with Tori Patsis and Paolina Bushur. Manta and Johnson are coached by Patti Gottwein in Colorado Springs. The team received their first Grand Prix assignment in 2018, competing at Skate America. They finished in 10th place with a total score of 139.33. Johnson announced his retirement from competitive figure skating on April 18, 2019. In 2021 he joined ITV’s show ''Dancing on Ice'' series 13 as a professional skater. He was paired up with the gymnastic medalist Amy Tinkler in his first series and ''Love Island'' star Liberty Poole in his second series. Programs Competitive Highlights ''GP: Grand Prix Grand Prix ( , meaning ''Grand Prize''; plural Grands Prix), is a name sometimes used for compe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
