Dr. Earl S. Johnston

Summary

Dr. Earl S. Johnston, Senior Plant Physiologist and Assistant Director of Radiation and Organisms at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, seated looking at the camera.

Subject

• Johnston, Earl S
• Division of Radiation and Organisms Smithsonian Insitution Building
• Radiation and Biology Laboratory Division of Radiation and Organisms
• Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Division of Radiation and Organisms

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

• Dr. Earl S. Johnston was born on February 5, 1889 and died on December 17, 1949. He was an Associate Consultant and Researcher at the Smithsonian from 1929-1931 and a Research Associate from 1931-1933. Later, he became the Senior Plant Physiologist and Assistant Director of Radiation and Organisms in the Astrophysical Laboratory (1933-47).
• See also negatives 34425 and 11036F.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7433, Box 3, Folder: Scrapbook A-N

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

March 1936

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

• Assistant directors
• Smithsonian Institution
• Personnel management
• Employees
• Physiology
• Biophysics
• Smithsonian Institution--Employees

Form/Genre

• Person, candid
• Photographic print

ID Number

SIA2011-1306 or 32400-1

Physical description

Number of Images: 1; Color: Sepia; Size: 2.13w x 2.13h; Type of Image: Person, candid; Medium: Photographic print

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