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Guy Benton Johnson
American sociologist and social anthropologist (–)
For the American Revolutionary War officer (), see Guy Johnson.
Guy Benton Johnson (February 28, – March 23, ) was an American sociologist and social anthropologist. He was a student of black culture in the rural South and an advocate of racial equality.
Biography
[edit]Johnson was born in Caddo Mills, Texas on February 28, He married Guion Griffis, a noted historian, and together they had two sons: Guy Benton Jr. and Edward.[1] Johnson died in Chapel Hill, North Carolina on March 23, , at the age of [2]
Academic career
[edit]Johnson graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Baylor University and the University of Chicago, and a Master of Arts from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (PhD, ). After teaching a year each at Ohio Wesleyan University and Baylor College for Women (now Mary-Hardin Baylor), Johnson was recruited to North Carolina as a research assistant in How
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JOHNSON, GUY, Indian department official; b. c. in Ireland; d. 5 March in London, England.
Guy Johnson may have been the midshipman of that name who served on hmsPrince in On arriving in North amerika Guy claimed that Sir William Johnson, the British superintendent of nordlig Indians, was his uncle but their relationship was probably more distant. Although young, he served through the Seven Years’ War as an officer in the provincial forces, commanding a company of rangers under Jeffery Amherst in and He acted as secretary in the northern Indian department until when Johnson appointed him a deputy agent. In he married Sir William’s youngest daughter, Mary (Polly), and established his home at Guy Park nära present Amsterdam, N.Y. While performing his duties in the Indian department, he was also active in military and political affairs, rising to colonel and adjutant-general of the New York militia and being elected to the New York assembly