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Johnson, Joseph French, educator, •

clirniisl, iiutlior,

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l

was

borii

Aug.

1" 1^'^

^•^i^^ lii;dau;k^ Moaa*.

li'ctur-

24, 185.J,

graduati-d

from Harvard college; for oue year
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studied polilieal ecoiioiiiy and liMtory in ISSlIn (iermany. i)3 lie was engage«l in Journalism. He was linancial editor of the

Chicago Tribune; and in 1890 establislied the at Spo8|>oke8man kane, Wash. In 185)3lUOr he was a professor in the Wliarton scliotd of coiaiuerce of the university of iVniisylvania; and in 1899-1903 was a leclurer of tinance at the Columbian university. Since 1!)0I has been professor of political economy at tlic New York university; and 'since 1903 has been* dean of the school of commerce, accounts and iiiiance. lie is the author of Money and Currency; Sylliihus of


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Johnson, liiMhi)]),

ta«ly.

was

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Johnson, Joseph Taber, educator, physilecturer, was born .June 30. 1845. in .Mass. He was elected lecturer on bijstetrics in the medical department of the university of (Jeorgctown in 1874, and is now president of that department. He has edited volumes ten and eleven of the Transactions of the .merican Gynecological Socian,

Lowell,

ciety.

Johnson, Joseph Travis, lawyer, congressiiiaii, was jjoni I'eb.- 28. 18.")8, in Hrcwerlon, S.C. In 1879 lie graduated from Krskine cjiUegt'. In 1883 he was admitted to the practice of law; and has since practiced at Spartanherg. S.C. In liHlLL') lu- was a reple-eiitalive from South Carolina to the lifty-scvcnth. fifty-eighth, fifty-ninth, sixtieth, sixty-first, sixty-second and sixty-

third congresses as a democrat.

Johnson, Mrs.

was

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ii

in

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Laura Winthrop, author, 'ontifet icut. in She was (

autlior of Little Blossom's Hewanl; I'nems of Twi'iity Years; and Kight Hundred Miles in an Ambulance. She died in New York City. the

Johnson, Lawrence, typefounder, inventwas Ixirn Jan. 23. 1801, in Kngland. He a successful .stere<»ty|)e foundry ill I'liiladelpliia. I'a.; aiui in IS33 be purchased the IMiiladelphia type-foundry, which under his management, became one of the largest in .iiierica. He died April 2(». I8»;o, or,

establislied

in

IMiiladelphia.

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Johnson, Lewis, soldier, was born in ClerIn ISOl-Ci he served in the civil war; and in 1805 was brevetted brigadieriiiany.

general of volunteers. In 1895 he retired with the rank of major. He died Sept. 23, 1900.

Lewis Jerome, educator, civil was born Sept. 24, 18G7, Mass. In 1892-94 he practiitni Since lis a civil engineer in Chicago, III. 1890 he has been assistant professor of civil He is engineering at Harvard university. the author of Statistics by Algebraic ami Johnson,

nigiiieer, ill

autlior,

.Milfoiil,

(Jialic

.Methods. Lilian

Wyckoff, educator, colwas born dune 10, 18(»4, in .Memphis, Tenn. lu 1893-97 she was inIn structor of history at Vas.sar college. !9(i2-04 she was professor of history in the university of Tennessee; and in 1904 beta iih- president of the Western college for Johnson,

lege president,

women. Johnson, Lorenzo M., civil engineer, railroad man, was born Jan. 22, 1843, in KochMass. He graduated from Yale university. He served in the Unittnl Stat«« coast survey, in the pay department of the United States army and in the United States consular service. He was civil engineer, paymaster, a.ssistant superintendent an'ice as a fireman on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy ester,

railroad; and was promoted to division superintendent of hhc Chicago division of that railroad. In 1897-99 he was general superintendent of the Norfolk and western railroad; and sinci? 1904 has been president of that corporation. Johnson, Luther, physician, surgeon, was born in Findlay, Ohio. He is a noted physician and surgeon of Bourbon, Ind. For seven years he was United States examiner for pensions; and has been president of the Alarshall county medical society. Johnson, Luther Apelles, educator, author,

was

l)orn

May

5,

1858, in

Tishomingo

county, Miss. He was a member of the faculty of Trinity university at Waxahachie, Texas. He was the author of Inductive Studies in Shakespeare; and Foundation Trinciplcs of Literature. lie died in 1900 in Tehucacane, Texas. Johnson, Madison Conyers, lawyer, banker, bgislator, was born Sept. 21, 1806, near (Jeorgetown, Ky. In 1850 he was chosen one <»f the commissioners to adopt and ilraw up the Kentucky code of practice; and in 1853 ami 1857 he was elect e<l to the legislature. In 18.'»8-8G he was president of the Northern bank of Kentucky. He died Dec. 7, 1880, in Lexington, Ky.

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