Background
Johnson, Arthur Monrad was born on January 19, 1878 in Fredrikstad, Norway. Son of Christen and Ottomine Marie (Andersen) Johnson.
Johnson, Arthur Monrad was born on January 19, 1878 in Fredrikstad, Norway. Son of Christen and Ottomine Marie (Andersen) Johnson.
Brought to the United States, 1882. Bachelor of Arts, University of Minnesota, 1904, Doctor of Philosophy, 1919, graduate study, Harvard, 1924-1925.
Teacher in high schools, 1904-1915. Teacher summer sessions—Washington State College, 1908, 09, University of Washington 1913, 14, De Pauw University, 1917, 19. Fellow in botany, University of Minnesota, 1916-1919, instructor, 1919-1924.
Lecturer economic botany, Boston Teachers School of Science, 1926.
University of Wisconsin, 1927. Lecturer University of California at Los Angeles, 1927-1928, assistant professor, 1929-1937, associate professor and director Botanical Garden since 1937.
Lecturer in art since 1940. Studied art at University of Minnesota and San Francisco The Art Institute of Chicago.
Paintings exhibited in Minneapolis, Chicago, Brooklyn, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sacramento.
1st prize in drawing and water-color at Odin Club Art Exhibition, Minneapolis, 1923.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Plant Taxonomists, Botanical Society of America, American-Scandinavian Foundation, California Water-Color Society, Theta Chi, Sigma Xi, Varsity-Village.
Married Eleanor Adalyn Henderson, June 22, 1915.