Johnsonia
Encyclopedia
Johnsonia was a publication of the Museum of Comparative Zoology
at Harvard University
from 1941-1975. It was founded by William J. Clench
who named it after Charles W. Johnson
who had been one of the men who convinced Clench to pursue the study of molluscs. It was primarily focused on the study of molluscs in the western Atlantic, containing book reviews, guides on where to find various molluscs, drawings of and descriptions of molluscs, and related items.
Johnsonia is also the name of a genus of plants named after Thomas Johnson
(d. 1644).
Museum of Comparative Zoology
The Museum of Comparative Zoology, full name "The Louis Agassiz Museum of Comparative Zoology", often abbreviated simply to "MCZ", is a zoology museum located on the grounds of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is one of three museums which collectively comprise the Harvard Museum...
at Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
from 1941-1975. It was founded by William J. Clench
William J. Clench
William James Clench was an American malacologist, professor at Harvard University and curator of the mollusk collection in the malacology department of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard.Clench was born in Brooklyn, but was largely raised in Massachusetts. In 1913 he entered the...
who named it after Charles W. Johnson
Charles W. Johnson (naturalist)
Charles Willison Johnson was an American naturalist who specialized in Entomology and Malacology, making significant contributions in both fields....
who had been one of the men who convinced Clench to pursue the study of molluscs. It was primarily focused on the study of molluscs in the western Atlantic, containing book reviews, guides on where to find various molluscs, drawings of and descriptions of molluscs, and related items.
Johnsonia is also the name of a genus of plants named after Thomas Johnson
Thomas Johnson (botanist)
Thomas Johnson has been called "The Father of British Field Botany" but has been largely neglected, no doubt largely due to the very scanty records of his life which have survived. Such as there are, moreover, in any cases confuse rather than help the biographer, owing to the popularity of the...
(d. 1644).