John Washington

John Washington was a naval officer, geographer and cartographer (1800–1863). He was born at Crondall and died at Le Havre.

Also recorded as Captain Washington; I. Washington.

John Washington in brief

Born
1800
Died
1863
Known for
naval officer, geographer and cartographer
Place of birth
Crondall
Contents

Catalogued works

15 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, The Art Institute of Chicago, The Cleveland Museum of Art and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1310 to 1988.

Report of the Committee Appointed to Examine the Life-boat Models Submitted to Compete for the Premium Offered by His Grace the Duke of Northumberland. Report on the loss of life, and damage caused to fishing boats on the East Coast of Scotland, in the gale of 19th August 1848. Fireplace Surround, dated 1901, oak and glazed earthenware, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2011.105. Portière, dated 1901, cotton and silk, plain weave with pile warps forming cut solid velvet; appliquéd with silk and cotton, satin damask weave; linen and gilt-strip-wrapped linen satin weave; cotton and silk plain weaves; embroidered with silk, cotton, linen, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped linen threads, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1971.680. Library Table, dated 1905, oak, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1983.511. Royal Flemish Vase, dated 1889–95, partially gilded and painted blown mold glass, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2002.20. Christ in Majesty with the Virgin and Saint John the Evangelist: Single Leaf from a Book of Rules, dated c. 1310–20, ink, tempera, and gold on parchment, held by The Cleveland Museum of Art, inventory 1959.128. The Cornea World Congress : papers presented at the First World Congress on the Cornea, Washington, D.C., October, 1964 / edited by John Harry King, Jr., and John W. McTigue., dated 1965, held by Wellcome Collection. The dry years : prohibition and social change in Washington / Norman H. Clark ; foreword by John C. Burnham., dated 1988, held by Wellcome Collection. The color sensitivity of the peripheral retina / by John Wallace Baird., dated 1905, held by Wellcome Collection. John Danz Lectures, University of Washington, Seattle, dated 1964-1966, held by Wellcome Collection. The felidæ of Rancho La Brea / by John C. Merriam, Chester Stock., dated 1932, held by Wellcome Collection. A funeral oration, on General George Washington . By John Miller Russell, Esq., dated 1800, held by Wellcome Collection. Jessie and John Danz Lectures (University of Washington), dated 1985, held by Wellcome Collection. Scientific men and their duties : the president's address before the Philosophical Society of Washington, December 4, 1886 / by John S. Billings., dated 1886, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 3 named public collections.

The Art Institute of Chicago: 4 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Cleveland Museum of Art: 32 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 773 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

11 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Washington, John (1800–1863), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2017. Washington, John Edwin, African American Studies Center, 2005. John Saul's Washington nurseries catalogue of plants for the spring of 1888, 1888. Hunt, David John, HM Diplomatic Service; Consul General, Washington, since 2015, Who's Who, 2013. Track 15 March in 6/8: “Washington Post March” by John Philip Sousa., Track 15 March in 6/8: “Washington Post March” by John Philip Sousa., 2021. Predictors of unfavorable responses to therapy in rifampicin-sensitive pulmonary tuberculosis using an integrated approach of radiological presentation and sputum mycobacterial burden., PLoS ONE, 2021. A major chikungunya epidemic with high mortality in northeastern Brazil, Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical. Social Exclusion and Inequalities in the United Kingdom, Critical Social Work, 2018. Tumor-infiltrating immature innate lymphoid cells in colorectal cancer are biased toward ILC1/tissue-resident NK cell differentiation, Nature Communications, 2026. Maternal and infant death after probable vertical transmission of chikungunya virus in Brazil – case report, BMC Infectious Diseases, 2018. Chikungunya Death Risk Factors in Brazil, in 2017: A case-control study., PLoS ONE, 2022.

Digitised editions and texts

12 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

Potatoes in California (1917) — Internet Archive. Preliminary report on the commercial fibers of the Philippines. Memoria preliminar las fibras comerciales de Filipinas .. (1903) — Internet Archive. Characteristics of minable coals of West Virginia (1940) — Internet Archive. Coal oil Johnny; story of his career as told by himself (John Washington Steele) (1902) — Internet Archive. An Inaugural Dissertation on Hydrothorax (1823) — Internet Archive. Cotton in the San Joaquin Valley (1918) — Internet Archive. Ornithology of North Carolina : A list of the birds of North Carolina, with notes of each species (1897) — Internet Archive. Coal oil Johnny; (1902) — Internet Archive. Coal Oil Johnny (1902) — Internet Archive. Desirable qualities of California barley for export (1922) — Internet Archive. Crop sequences at Davis (1925) — Internet Archive. A history of Colonel John Washington Chapter (1990) — Internet Archive.

Evidence base

This article draws on 8 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 8 means 8 genuinely separate publishers of record. 12 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1800John Washington born at Crondall.
  2. 1823An Inaugural Dissertation on Hydrothorax digitised by Internet Archive.
  3. 1863John Washington died at Le Havre.
  4. 1889Royal Flemish Vase (The Art Institute of Chicago).
  5. 1901Fireplace Surround (The Art Institute of Chicago).
  6. 1901Portière (The Art Institute of Chicago).
  7. 1902Coal oil Johnny; story of his career as told by himself (John Washington Steele) digitised by Internet Archive.
  8. 1903Preliminary report on the commercial fibers of the Philippines. Memoria preliminar las fibras comerciales de Filipinas .. digitised by Internet Archive.
  9. 1905Library Table (The Art Institute of Chicago).
  10. 1917Potatoes in California digitised by Internet Archive.
  11. 1918Cotton in the San Joaquin Valley digitised by Internet Archive.
  12. 1940Characteristics of minable coals of West Virginia digitised by Internet Archive.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Hunt, David John, HM Diplomatic Service; Consul General, Washington, since 2015, Who's Who, 2013

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    John Saul's Washington nurseries catalogue of plants for the spring of 1888, 1888

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    Track 15 March in 6/8: “Washington Post March” by John Philip Sousa., Track 15 March in 6/8: “Washington Post March” by John Philip Sousa., 2021

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    Washington, John (1800–1863), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2017

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  5. 5.

    Washington, John Edwin, African American Studies Center, 2005

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  6. 6.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q6263142: John Washington

    Institutional database · Scholarly · Wikimedia Foundation

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  7. 7.

    Directory of Open Access Journals lists 6 articles naming John Washington.

    open access index · Unverified

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  8. 8.

    Gemeinsame Normdatei 1095132318, Rath, John Washington.

    authority file · Unverified · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek

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  9. 9.

    Internet Archive, 18 digitised items catalogued under John Washington as creator.

    digital repository · Unverified

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  10. 10.

    The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with John Washington.

    museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago

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  11. 11.

    The Cleveland Museum of Art, open access collection records associated with John Washington.

    museum collection · Unverified · The Cleveland Museum of Art

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  12. 12.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 773 works naming John Washington.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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