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Goodspeed, Edgar Johnson

(Encyclopedia) Goodspeed, Edgar Johnson, 1871–1962, American Greek scholar, b. Quincy, Ill., grad. Denison Univ. (B.A., 1890; D.D., 1928) and Univ. of Chicago (B.D., 1897; Ph.D., 1898). He taught at…

Johnson, Walter Perry

(Encyclopedia) Johnson, Walter Perry, 1887–1946, American baseball player, b. Humboldt, Kans. He began playing with the Washington Senators of the American League in 1907. A right-handed pitcher, he…

Field, Stephen Johnson

(Encyclopedia) Field, Stephen Johnson, 1816–99, American jurist, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1863–97), b. Haddam, Conn. After practicing law for several years in New York City with…

J. J. Johnson 2001 Deaths

J. J. JohnsonAge: 77 influential jazz musician and composer who is considered the greatest trombonist of all time. He played with such speed and agility that many thought he was playing the…

Howard E. Johnson 2000 Deaths

Howard E. Johnson(Stretch Johnson),Age: 85 tap dancer, Communist, and activist who performed with the Duke Ellington Orchestra at the Cotton Club and the Apollo. Died: Bronx, New York, May 28…

Nkosi Johnson, 12, 2001 News

  South African AIDS victim who devoted his short life to fighting discrimination against AIDS victims, died in June. Born with the disease, Johnson far exceeded his life expectancy. He gained…

Cabinet Members Under A. Johnson

Secretary of State William H. Seward (Cont.)Secretary of the Treasury Hugh McCulloch (Cont.)Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton (Cont.)John M. Schofield, 1868Attorney General James Speed (Cont…

Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, 2005 News

defeated soccer star George Weah in Liberia's runoff presidential election. She took 59% to Weah's 41% to become Africa's first woman head of state. The Harvard-educated economist is a…

Frank M. Johnson, Jr. Biography

Frank M. Johnson, Jr.Age: 80 uncompromising federal judge from Alabama whose rulings helped desegregate many of Montgomery's public facilities and cleared the way for Martin Luther King Jr.…

Johnson County, NE Census Data

Nebraska Johnson County, Nebraska People QuickFactsJohnson CountyNebraskaPopulation, 2005 estimate 4,6951,758,787Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 4.6%2.8%Population,…