William Woolsey Johnson
Facts
24 properties- Instance of
- human
- Date of birth
- June 23, 1841
- Date of death
- May 14, 1927
- Place of birth
- Owego
- Place of death
- Baltimore
- Occupation
- mathematician, university teacher
- Employer
- US Nautical Almanac Office (1862–1864), United States Naval Academy (1864–1870), Kenyon College (1870–1872), St. John's College, Annapolis (1872–1881), United States Naval Academy (1881–1921), Johns Hopkins University (1921–present)[12][13][14][15][16][17]
- Field of work
- mathematics, differential calculus[10][11]
- Educated at
- Yale University (1858–1862)[18]
- Mother
- Sarah Dwight Woolsey[9]
- Sibling
- Charles Frederick Johnson
- Languages spoken, written or signed
- English
- Archives at
- Manuscripts and Archives Department Yale University Library
- Depicted by
- Professor William Woolsey Johnson
- Family name
- Johnson
- Given name
- William, Woolsey
- Imported from
- wholeness_audit_2026-05-02
- Maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- Member of
- The New York Mathematical Society, London Mathematical Society, British Science Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science[19][20][21][22]
- Military, police or special rank
- commodore
- Place of burial
- Woodlawn Cemetery and Chapel Mausoleum[7]
- Relative
- Theodore Dwight Woolsey
- ISNI
- 0000000080948213
- VIAF cluster ID
- 15132337
- Library of Congress authority ID
- n84804991
- GND ID
- 172176107
- Image (Wikimedia Commons)
- Professor William Woolsey Johnson.jpg ↗
- American National Biography ID
- 1300873
- Archives at Yale agent ID
- people/68441
- CiNii Research ID
- 1140282266610907008
- FAST ID
- 135927
- Find a Grave memorial ID
- 95131004
- Google Knowledge Graph ID
- /g/11fz1gzpcf
- IdRef ID
- 087103575
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- Libraries Australia ID
- 35449229
- MR Author ID
- 720619
- MacTutor biography ID
- Johnson_Woolsey
- NACSIS-CAT author ID
- DA05337351
- NDL Authority ID
- 00771383
- NL CR AUT ID
- hka20201079801
- NLA Trove people ID
- 956788
- NUKAT ID
- n2013006935
- National Library of Israel J9U ID
- 987007402381605171
- National Virtual Library of India ID
- 492765
- Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
- 18080281X
- Open Library ID
- OL2418523A, OL2531305A
- WorldCat Entities ID
- E39PBJkMCXWmWWhxttXqrWTJXd
- Yale LUX ID
- person/c5ddf0ad-e0f6-494f-9426-550243fe2301
- ZbMATH author ID
- johnson.william-woolsey
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Summary
William Woolsey Johnson's place of birth was Owego[1]. He was born on June 23, 1841[2]. He passed away in Baltimore[3]. He died on May 14, 1927[4]. He worked as a mathematician[5] and university teacher[6].
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Career and Affiliations
Fields of work include mathematics[10], an academic discipline[24] and differential calculus[11], a branch of mathematics[25]. Employers include US Nautical Almanac Office[12], a government agency[26]; United States Naval Academy[13], a naval academy[27], in United States[28], founded in 1845[29], headquartered in Naval Academy[30]; Kenyon College[14], a college[31], in United States[32], founded in 1824[33]; St. John's College, Annapolis[15], a liberal arts college in the United States[34], in United States[35], founded in 1784[36], headquartered in Annapolis[37]; and Johns Hopkins University[17], a private university[38], in United States[39], founded in 1876[40], headquartered in Baltimore[41].
FAQs
Where was William Woolsey Johnson born?
William Woolsey Johnson's place of birth was Owego[1].
Where did William Woolsey Johnson die?
William Woolsey Johnson passed away in Baltimore[3].
Who were William Woolsey Johnson's parents?
William Woolsey Johnson's father was Charles Frederick Johnson[8]. William Woolsey Johnson's mother was Sarah Dwight Woolsey[9].
What did William Woolsey Johnson do for work?
William Woolsey Johnson worked as mathematician[5] and university teacher[6].
Where did William Woolsey Johnson go to school?
William Woolsey Johnson was educated at Yale University[18].