Joseph French Johnson

Joseph French Johnson (August 24, 1853– 1925) was an American economist, born at Hardwick, Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard in 1878, studied in Germany for a year, then began work at the Springfield, Massachusetts Republican newspaper. Afterward, he worked on the staff of the Chicago Tribune, and established the Spokane Spokesman (1889). After 1893, his employment took him to various institutions. He was professor in the Wharton School of Commerce, Penn, lectured at Columbia, and in 1901 became a professor at NYU, was a member of the commission to revise the banking laws of the State of New York, and worked for the National Monetary Commission. Professor Johnson edited the Modern Business Series and the Journal of Accountancy....