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Owen Johnson

American novelist and short story writer (1878–1952)
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Owen Johnson
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Facts

18 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[17]
Date of birth
August 27, 1878
Date of death
January 27, 1952
Place of birth
New York City
Place of death
Massachusetts
Country of citizenship
United States[13]
Occupation
journalist, novelist, writer
Educated at
Yale University, Lawrenceville School[14][15]
Father
Robert Underwood Johnson[8]
Spouse
Cobina Wright, Mary Galt Stockly, Gertrude Bovee[9][10][11]
Child
Denis Johnson[12]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[21]
Described by source
Library of the World's Best Literature[20]
Family name
Johnson[18]
Given name
Owen[19]
Member of
American Academy of Arts and Letters[16]
Writing language
English[22]
🏷️ Also known as
en Owen Johnson en Owen McMahon Johnson ar أوين جونسون de Owen McMahon Johnson fa اوون جانسون ru Оуэн Джонсон
🔖 Identifiers · 39
ISNI
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VIAF cluster ID
7761459
Library of Congress Authorities ID
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GND ID
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Alvin ID
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American National Biography ID
1600866
Archives at Yale agent ID
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Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
10906708v
CANTIC ID
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Encyclopedia of Science Fiction ID
johnson_owen
FAST ID
188858
FamilySearch person ID
L2QJ-9CH
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Find a Grave memorial ID
32545281
Freebase ID
/m/01wxqm
Goodreads author ID
1723
HAND ID
3779-1B61-A083-3CB6-0C0B
IMDb ID
nm0425924
ISFDB author ID
162215
IdRef ID
14482146X
Internet Broadway Database person ID
7983
J9U entity ID
987007276203305171
Libris-URI
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NLA Trove people ID
1199812
National Library of Israel ID (old)
000473703
National Library of Latvia ID
000311066
Online Books Page author ID
Johnson, Owen, 1878-1952
Open Library ID
OL2597166A, OL1181455A
OpenMLOL author ID
38563, 364251
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803100022857
Prabook ID
2118690, 1086727
Project Gutenberg author ID
4502
SBN author ID
CUBV085373
SELIBR ID
250294
SNAC ARK ID
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TMDB person ID
2733175
WikiTree person ID
Johnson-35344
WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
person/5b3f386b-b7c5-460a-a702-8acf076f5ac9
ČSFD person ID
909946

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Occupation 3
writer, journalist, novelist
Educated at 2
Yale University, Lawrenceville School
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Family name 1
Johnson
Father 1
Robert Underwood Johnson
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Member of 1
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Parent of 1
Robert Underwood Johnson
Place of birth 1
New York City
Place of death 1
Massachusetts
Sex or gender 1
male
Spouse 1
Cobina Wright
Spouses 1
Cobina Wright
Writing language 1
English
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Summary

Owen Johnson was born on August 27, 1878[1], in New York City[2]. He died on January 27, 1952[3], in Massachusetts[4]. He worked as a journalist[5], novelist[6], and writer[7].

FAQs

Where was Owen Johnson born?

Owen Johnson was born in New York City[2].

Where did Owen Johnson die?

Owen Johnson passed away in Massachusetts[4].

Who were Owen Johnson's parents?

Owen Johnson's father was Robert Underwood Johnson[8].

Who was Owen Johnson married to?

Owen Johnson's spouses include Cobina Wright[9], Mary Galt Stockly[10], and Gertrude Bovee[11].

What did Owen Johnson do for work?

Owen Johnson worked as a journalist[5], novelist[6], and writer[7].

Where did Owen Johnson go to school?

Owen Johnson was educated at Yale University[14] and Lawrenceville School[15].

Related Entities

Massachusetts New York City United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [15] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [7] ↑ . Library of the World's Best Literature. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [1] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [3] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . bartleby.com. bartleby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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