Johnston, Francis R.,

Colonel Francis Johnston commanded the Fifth Pennsylvania Regiment in the Revolutionary War.

From the description of Francis Johnston letter to John Donnaldson, 1791. (New-York Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 712650447

Francis Edgar Johnson spent 36 years on the faculty in the Mathematics Department at George Washington University (GWU). He received his bachelor's degree from GWU and a Master's and his Doctorate from the University of Illinois. He was a fellow of the Washington Academy of Sciences, the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Mathematics Association of America. He was born in 1897 and died in 1978 at the age of 80.

From the description of Francis Edgar Johnston papers, circa 1926. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426152130