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George W. Johnson

American singer

Person · Open Library

Born: 1846-01-01
Died: 1914-01-23
Works: 17

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Listeners: 1,188
Total plays: 4,592

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One of the first African-Americans to make "records" of their music (back in the 1890s). His music was issued as "cylinders" that were played on a device called a "phonograph". See also: Unique Quartet <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/George+W.+Johnson">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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5 total works indexed

A short history of<i>SHELX</i>
· 2007 · cited 79,633x
Bias in meta-analysis detected by a simple, graphical test
· 1997 · cited 47,723x
Crystal structure refinement with<i>SHELXL</i>
· 2015 · cited 39,983x
DADA2: High-resolution sample inference from Illumina amplicon data
· 2016 · cited 31,633x
<i>SHELXT</i>– Integrated space-group and crystal-structure determination
· 2015 · cited 26,889x

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Key dates

Born: 1 January 1846
Died: 23 January 1914

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: George
Family name: Johnson
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Virginia
Place of death: Kew Gardens
Occupation: composer
Genre: street performance
Instrument: voice
Record label: Gianni Bettini
Image: George W. Johnson, 1898.jpg

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