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Allen Johnson (other)
Allen Johnson Allen Kenneth Johnson (born March 1, 1971) is an American former hurdling athlete who won the gold medal in the 110 metre hurdles at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He is also a four-time world champion. Born in Washington, D.C., ... (born 1971) is a retired American hurdler. Allen Johnson may also refer to: * Allen Johnson (Indian Army officer) (1829–1907), British Indian Army officer * Allen Johnson (historian) (1870–1931), American historian, Professor of History at Yale University * Allen Johnson (activist), African-American Civil Rights Leader and minister * Allen F. Johnson, American diplomat See also * Alann Johnson, American politician * Alan Johnson (other) * Alan Johnston (other) {{hndis, name=Johnson, Allen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allen Johnson
Allen Kenneth Johnson (born March 1, 1971) is an American former hurdling athlete who won the gold medal in the 110 metre hurdles at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He is also a four-time world champion. Born in Washington, D.C., an all-round athlete, Johnson attended University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and excelled at high jump, long jump and decathlon as well as hurdles. He was the 1992 NCAA Indoor Champion for 55 meter hurdles but did not win the outdoor championship. Career Johnson was troubled by injury in 2000 but still made the final at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, just missing out on adding to his medal collection by finishing fourth. 2003 in the Stade de France, saw Johnson win his fourth IAAF World Championships in Athletics 110 m hurdles title when he beat Terrence Trammell into second to overtake the three world championship gold medals that Greg Foster had won at the event. At the 2004 Summer Olympics he tripped over a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allen Johnson (Indian Army Officer)
General Sir Allen Bayard Johnson (2 May 1829 – 7 February 1907) was a senior British Indian Army officer who went on to be Military Secretary to the India Office. Military career Johnson was commissioned into the 5th Bengal Native Infantry in 1846. He served in the Second Anglo-Burmese War in 1853 and took part in the fighting at Donabew and the capture of Pegu and went on to serve with the Jaunpur Field Force during the repression of the Indian Mutiny being present at the Capture of Lucknow in 1857. He was appointed Military Secretary to the India Office in 1877. He was appointed KCB in 1889 and promoted to General A general officer is an Officer (armed forces), officer of high rank in the army, armies, and in some nations' air force, air and space forces, marines or naval infantry. In some usages, the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colone ... in 1892. References 1829 births 1907 deaths British Indian Army generals Bengal Staff Corps ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allen Johnson (historian)
Allen Johnson (1870–1931) was an American historian, teacher, biographer, and editor of the ''Dictionary of American Biography''. Early life and education Johnson was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, where his father, Moses Allen Johnson (whose ancestor came to Massachusetts in 1630) worked for the Lowell Felting Mills. His mother was Elmira Shattuck. Johnson was the valedictorian of his high school in 1888, and then attended Amherst College, graduating in 1892."Allen Johnson," ''Dictionary of American Biography'' (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936), ''Biography in Context''. Accessed 2 Aug. 2015. After graduation, he taught history and English at the Lawrenceville School in New Jersey from 1892 until 1894, and then held a graduate fellowship at Amherst University, reading philosophy and history. Johnson spent the years 1895 to 1897 studying history in Europe, with three semesters at the University of Leipzig (under Karl Gotthard Lamprecht and Erich Marcks), and one seme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allen Johnson (activist)
Allen Johnson was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement, an activist in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and he was also a minister of religion. Johnson is the grandfather of Georgetown law professor Vida Johnson. Early life and family Johnson was the son of the Reverend L. E. Johnson. L. E. Johnson, was the head pastor at Pratt Memorial United Methodist Church in Jackson, Mississippi. After heading the church for four years, L. E. Johnson became district superintendent of the Jackson District. Johnson was an officer in the United States Army. Minister In 1963, Johnson, like his father once had, became the head pastor at Pratt Memorial United Methodist Church in Jackson, Mississippi. Johnson helped the church with fundraising and organization. Johnson organized an inspirational choir, a youth choir and a children's choir. With the fruits of Johnson's fundraising efforts, funds were used to pay off the church and parsonage indebtedness. Civil righ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allen F
Allen, Allen's or Allens may refer to: Buildings * Allen Arena, an indoor arena at Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee * Allen Center, a skyscraper complex in downtown Houston, Texas * Allen Fieldhouse, an indoor sports arena on the University of Kansas campus in Lawrence * Allen House (other) * Allen Power Plant (other) Businesses *Allen (brand), an American tool company * Allen's, an Australian brand of confectionery *Allens (law firm), an Australian law firm formerly known as Allens Arthur Robinson *Allen's (restaurant), a former hamburger joint and nightclub in Athens, Georgia, United States *Allen & Company LLC, a small, privately held investment bank * Allens of Mayfair, a butcher shop in London from 1830 to 2015 * Allens Boots, a retail store in Austin, Texas * Allens, Inc., a brand of canned vegetables based in Arkansas, US, now owned by Del Monte Foods * Allen's department store, a.k.a. Allen's, George Allen, Inc., Philadelphia, USA People * All ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alann Johnson
Anthony "Alann" Johnson is an American politician from the state of Alabama. He is a member of the Alabama House of Representatives. Johnson is a former legislative aide to the Alabama House. He worked as the executive director of Leadership Jefferson County and an associate minister at Zion Star Missionary Baptist Church. He won a special election on April 1, 2014, to succeed Demetrius Newton as the representative from District 53. The district has been eliminated through redistricting, and Johnson will not run for reelection to the state House in the November 2014 elections. Johnson graduated from the Morehouse School of Religion The Interdenominational Theological Center (ITC) is a consortium of five predominantly African-American denominational Christian seminaries in Atlanta, Georgia, operating together as a professional graduate school of theology. It is the largest .... He is the grandson of Nelson Henry Smith, Jr., a minister associated with the Civil Rights Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Johnson (other)
Alan Johnson (born 1950) is a British Labour Party politician and former Home Secretary. Alan Johnson may also refer to: Sportspeople * Alan Johnson (Australian footballer) (born 1956), Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne * Alan Johnson (baseball) (born 1983), American baseball pitcher * Alan Johnson (footballer, born 1947), English football player * Alan Johnson (footballer, born 1971), English football defender * Alan Johnson (racing driver) (born 1957), American racing driver Other people *Alan Johnson (choreographer) (1937–2018), film choreographer, best known for his work on Mel Brooks films *Alan Johnson (political theorist), British socialist scholar * Alan Johnson (priest) (), Anglican archdeacon of Bombay *Alan Johnson, a fictional character in the British TV series ''Peep Show'' played by Paterson Joseph * Alan Bond Johnson (born 1939), United States district judge, United States District Court for the District of Wyoming * Alan Campbell Johnson (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
