Biographical Sketches:  JOHN BUTLER JOHNSON


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The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin Compiled and Published under
the direction of Wm. H. Froehlich, Secretary of State 1901.

page 773-774

UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT HEADS JOHN BUTLER JOHNSON, C. E., Dean of the
College of Mechanics and Engineering; born at Marlboro, Stark county,
0., in 1850; received a common and high school education; taught
schools of various grades from 1867 to 1874, when he entered the
University of Michigan, where he graduated in 1878. From 1878 to 1883
was engaged as engineer on the U. S. Lake Survey, and on the
Mississippi River. Since 1883 was Professor of Civil Engineering in
Washington University, St. Louis, until the time of his appointment in
this University, in January, 1899. He Is a member of the Institution
of Civil Engineers, London, England, of the American Society of Civil
Engineers, and of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. He has
published the following works: 1, Topographical Surveying, 1884; 2,
Theory and Practice of Surveying, 1888; 3, Modern Framed Structures,
1893; 4, Engineering Contracts and Specifications 1895; 6, Materials
of Construction, 1897; 6, Two volumes of Indexed Notes on Current
Engineering Literature, covering the period from 1884 to 1895. He has
been a constant contributor to the proceedings of engineering
societies and journals since 1880.