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Sydney E. Johnson papers

 Collection
Identifier: KORN135
Collection includes biographical information on Dr. Sydney E. Johnson and copies of his publications.

Dates

  • 1889-1972

Creator

Extent

.5 linear foot

Additional Description

Biographical / Historical

Dr. Sydney Evans Johnson was a native of Lansing, Michigan, the son of Christen Jensen and Emma Maria Sophie Engelking Johnson. He married Lillian Genevieve Carleton in 1918. He was a graduate of Northwestern University School of Medicine. He served as Professor of Anatomy at the University of Louisville School of Medicine from 1923 to 1947. He was a founding member of Louisville’s “Innominate Society” for the study of the history of medicine. He and Dr. Sidney I. Kornhauser developed an enclosed dissecting table for use in gross anatomy classes.

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Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Sydney E. Johnson papers
Status
Completed
Author
Katherine B. Johnson
Description rules
Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Kornhauser Health Sciences Library Repository

https://library.louisville.edu/kornhauser/home
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