Background
Johnston, Francis Edward was born on October 9, 1931 in Paris, Kentucky, United States. Son of Francis Clement and Harriet Catherine (Phillips) Johnston.
(Drawing on biomedical and ethnographic methodologies to s...)
Drawing on biomedical and ethnographic methodologies to study the stresses and strategies employed by poor urban families in Guatemala City, this book assesses the development of the children raised under difficult conditions. With an emphasis on growth, cognition and educational achievement as outcomes of successful strategies, the book should be of interest to anthropologists, sociologists, psychologists and educators, as well as scholars interested in problems of Third World development.
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Johnston, Francis Edward was born on October 9, 1931 in Paris, Kentucky, United States. Son of Francis Clement and Harriet Catherine (Phillips) Johnston.
Bachelor, University Kentucky, 1953. Master of Science, University Kentucky, 1960. Doctor of Philosophy, University Pennsylvania, 1962.
Assistant professor, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1962-1968; associate professor, University Texas, Austin, 1968-1971; professor anthropology, Temple University, Philadelphia, 1971-1973; professor, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, since 1973; chair department anthropology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, since 1982. Consultant United States National Center Health Statistics, Washington, 1966-1978, Pan American Health Organisation, Washington, 1973, 85-88, United States National Academy Sciences, Washington,1987-1991.
(Drawing on biomedical and ethnographic methodologies to s...)
(Anthropology textbook.)
First lieutenant United States Marine Corps Reserve, 1953-1958. Fellow Royal Society Medicine. Member American Association Physical Anthropologists (president 1983-1984), Society for Study of Human Biology.
Married Patricia Louise Honshul, September 3, 1955. Children: Jeffry Ward, Susan Ann, Todd Clement.