John Johnston

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Born in Perth, Scotland, October 13, 1881, Dr. Johnston studied at Perth Academy, then entered the University of St. Andrews from which he was graduated with the B.Sc. degree in 1903. By examination he was admitted as an Associate of The Institute of Chemistry of Great Britain in 1903. In the same year he was awarded a Carnegie Scholarship in Chemistry which gave him opportunity to do research work with Professor James Walker from 1903 to 1905. In 1905 he was awarded the 1851 Exhibition Scholarship for two years which he spent at the University of Breslau, Germany, working with Professor Abegg. During 1907-08 he was Research Associate in the Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, working with Professor AA Noyes upon the conductivity of aqueous salt solutions. In 1908, he received the degree of Doctor of Science from St. Andrews University. The following year he joined the staff of the Geophysical Laboratory in Washington as chemist, where he was occupied with investigations in the fields of high temperatures and of high temperatures and of high pressures directed toward the solution of some geological problems. During the war period he served the US Bureau of Mines on war gas investigations. In 1918-19, he was Secretary of the National Research Council and Chairman of the Chemistry Division. Following this, he joined the Chemistry Department of Yale University, becoming Sterling Professor of Chemistry at Yale and chairman, department of chemistry, 1919 to 1927.
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