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Johnson Publishing Company

American publishing company based in Chicago, Illinois
Organization business Q6268401
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Summary

Johnson Publishing Company is a business[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (445 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: United States[3]
  • Instance of: publishing house[4]
  • Founder: John H. Johnson[5], Eunice W. Johnson[6]
  • Headquarters location: Chicago[7]
  • Commons category: Johnson Publishing Company[8]
  • Industry: media industry[9]
  • Archives at: Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center[10]
  • Inception: 1942[11]
  • Official website: http://www.johnsonpublishing.com/[12]
  • Described at URL: http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/johnson-publishing-company-inc-history/[13], https://www.architecture.org/online-resources/stories-of-chicago/the-johnson-publishing-company[14]
  • P14750: DF31-AA38-C8BB-075C-5DB4[15]

Why It Matters

Johnson Publishing Company is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . hdl.handle.net. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Viaf cluster id → 125484842
    Imported from → —
    Country → United States
    Encyclopedia of african american history 1896 to the present entry id → 0657
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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