Background
Johnston, John was born on March 13, 1923 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Son of John R. and Elizabeth (Clenaghan) Johnston.
Johnston, John was born on March 13, 1923 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Son of John R. and Elizabeth (Clenaghan) Johnston.
B.Coml.Sci. with honors, Queen's University, Northern Ireland, 1947. Doctor of Philosophy, University Wales, 1957. Master of Arts (honorary), University Manchester, 1962.
He spent most of his career at the University of Manchester, and later University of California, Irvine. Johnston is particularly known for authoring Econometric Methods (First edition 1964), one of the earliest and most popular textbooks in econometrics, the most recent editions being co-authored with John DiNardo. Johnston died in 2003 at University of California Irvine Medical Center from complications of Parkinson"s disease.
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Fellow Econometric Society. Member Royal Economic Society, American Economic Association, Royal Statistical Society, American Statistical Association, others.