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Dodd, William

(Encyclopedia) Dodd, William, 1729–77, English author. At one time king's chaplain, he ran heavily into debt, forged a bond, and was sentenced to death. Dr. Johnson led a movement to obtain clemency…

Houston, University of

(Encyclopedia) Houston, University of, at Houston, Tex.; coeducational; est. 1927 as a junior college, became a four-year institution in 1934, became a state-supported university in 1963. Campuses at…

Bunche, Ralph Johnson

(Encyclopedia) Bunche, Ralph JohnsonBunche, Ralph Johnsonbŭnch [key], 1904–71, U.S. government official and UN diplomat, b. Detroit, Ph.D., Harvard, 1934. He taught political science at Howard Univ…

Linda Johnson Rice Biography

Linda Johnson Ricemagazine publisher, executiveBorn: 1957? Linda Johnson graduated from the University of Southern California's School of Journalism and, in 1987, earned a master's degree in…

Dean X Johnson 1998 Deaths

Dean X Johnsoncomposer, conductor and choral arranger composer of operas Song of Martina and East River BridgeBorn: 1955Died: 1998Buddy JeannetteG - LCurtis Jones

Johnnie Johnson 2005 Deaths

Johnnie JohnsonAge: 80 blues and rock pianist who played with Chuck Berry for more than 20 years. They collaborated on such hits as “Roll Over Beethoven,” “Maybellene,” and “Brown-Eyed…

John Johnson 2005 Deaths

John JohnsonAge: 85 entrepreneur who built a publishing empire that now includes Ebony and Jet magazines and made him one of America's wealthiest people. The grandson of slaves, Johnson…

Terry Johnson 2001 Deaths

Terry JohnsonAge: 50 Los Angeles-area sports writer and editor, who covered the L.A. Dodgers for 29 years; assistant sports editor at the Antelope Valley Press since 2000. He died of injuries…