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John Johnson (New Jersey)
John Johnson may refer to: Academia *John de Monins Johnson (1882–1956), scholar and printer *John Wesley Johnson (1836–1898), first president of the University of Oregon *John P. Johnson (academic administrator) John P. Johnson is an American academic who became the fifth president of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in 2006. He formerly served as interim president since 2005 and served as Provost and Chief Academic Officer since 2003. He retired fr ..., fifth president of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University * John R. Johnson (1900–1983), American chemist *John Bertrand Johnson (1887–1970), scientist–engineer after whom Johnson noise is named *John Johnson (astronomer), (born 1977), current Harvard professor Artists and entertainers *John Johnson (composer) (c. 1545–1594), English lutenist and composer *John Johnson (musician) (born 1964), trombonist and percussionist with Simply Red *John Johnson (reporter) (born 1938), American television reporter and anchor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John De Monins Johnson
John de Monins Johnson (1882–1956) was an English papyrologist, printer of the ''Oxford English Dictionary'', and collector. Biography Johnson was born in Lincolnshire in England, the second son of John Henry Johnson and Anna Braithwaite née Savory. He attended Magdalen College School, Oxford and then earned a scholarship to Exeter College, Oxford. He studied the classics and Arabic in preparation for a career in the Egyptian Civil Service. In Egypt, he became a papyrologist, discovering a papyrus by Theocritus that was 900 years older than any such previously discovered manuscript. Johnson returned to Oxford during World War I, physically unfit for military service. He became Assistant Secretary to the Delegates of Oxford University Press. In 1918, he married Dorothea, the daughter of his supervisor Charles Cannan Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |