{{Short description|American geographer and geomorphologist}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2023}} {{Infobox person | name = Douglas Wilson Johnson | image = Douglas Wilson Johnson (1878–1944).png | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1878|11|30}} | birth_place = Parkersburg, West Virginia | death_date = {{Death date and age|1944|02|24|1878|11|30}} | death_place = Sebring, Florida | burial_place = | occupation = Geographer, geomorphologist | awards = | spouse = | children = | education = | signature = | party = }} '''Douglas Wilson Johnson''' (1878–1944) was an American geographer and geomorphologist known for his contributions to the understanding of coastal processes and landforms.
==Biography== Douglas Wilson Johnson was born in Parkersburg, West Virginia on November 30, 1878.<ref name="nasonline">{{cite web|url=http://www.nasonline.org/publications/biographical-memoirs/memoir-pdfs/johnson-douglas-w.pdf|year=1946|title=Biographical Memoir of Douglas Wilson Johnson 1878–1944|author=Walter H. Bunch|publisher=National Academy Of Sciences|access-date=2017-09-20}}</ref> He was a descendant of a slave-holding American family of English roots. Johnson's grandfather freed his slaves and paid for their passage to Liberia after he had become convinced that slavery was against his religious beliefs.
During the First World War, Johnson investigated military geography and geopolitics.<ref name="nasonline"/>
During the negotiations that led to the Treaty of Versailles, Johnson was a member of the American delegation dealing with the question of the new Italian-Austrian border in the Brenner Pass region.<ref>{{cite book |last=Überegger|first=Oswald|contribution=Südtirol und die "American Line". Alliierte Grenzziehungsdiskurse und die Entstehung eines europäischen Minderheitenproblems |editor=Leander Moroder |editor2=Hannes Obermair |editor3=Patrick Rina |title=Lektüren und Relektüren – Leggere, riflettere e rileggere – Nrescides letereres y letures critiches|pages=511–523|publisher=Istitut Ladin "Micurá de Rü"|location=San Martin de Tor|year=2021|isbn=978-88-8171-141-3}}</ref> He was also a foreign member of Serbian Academy of Sciences,<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Živojinović|first=Dragoljub R.|date=2017|title=Douglas Wilson Johnson: A Forgotten Member of the Royal Serbian Academy of Sciences|journal=Balcanica|issue=XLVIII|pages=219–228|doi=10.2298/BALC1748219Z|doi-access=free}}</ref> a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-02-09 |title=Douglas Wilson Johnson |url=https://www.amacad.org/person/douglas-wilson-johnson |access-date=2023-09-19 |website=American Academy of Arts & Sciences |language=en}}</ref> a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1920,<ref>{{Cite web |title=APS Member History |url=https://search.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?creator=Douglas+Johnson&title=&subject=&subdiv=&mem=&year=&year-max=&dead=&keyword=&smode=advanced |access-date=2023-09-19 |website=search.amphilsoc.org}}</ref> and a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Douglas Johnson |url=https://www.nasonline.org/member-directory/deceased-members/20000628.html |access-date=2023-09-19 |website=www.nasonline.org}}</ref>
He died in Sebring, Florida on February 24, 1944.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123748108/douglas-w-johnson/ |title=Douglas W. Johnson |newspaper=The Boston Globe |place=New York |agency=UP |page=13 |date=1944-02-24 |access-date=2023-04-29 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
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