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Mervyn Johns

Mervyn Johns was a British actor (1899–1992). He was born at Pembroke and died at Northwood.

Also recorded as David Mervyn Johns; David Mervyn John; Mervyn John.

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Identity and origins

The authorities additionally record the headings David Mervyn Johns, David Mervyn John and Mervyn John. His recorded language was English.

He was the child of William Johns and Margaret Anne Samuel. He married Diana Churchill and Alyce Steele-Wareham. One child is recorded: Glynis Johns.

Identity

What the record establishes about Mervyn Johns.

The dawn of Australian psychiatry : an account of the measures taken for the care of mental invalids from the time of the First Fleet, 1788, to the year 1850, including a survey of the overseas background and the case notes of Dr. F. Campbell / [John Bostock]. is dated 1968 and held by Wellcome Collection. The flowering of a waratah : the history of Australian neurology and of the Australian Association of Neurologists / M.J. Eadie. is dated 2000 and held by Wellcome Collection. A disease once sacred : a history of the medical understanding of epilepsy / M.J. Eadie and P.F. Bladin. is dated 2001 and held by Wellcome Collection. Anticonvulsant therapy : pharmacological basis and practice / Mervyn J. Eadie, John H. Tyrer. is dated 1974 and held by Wellcome Collection. Mervyn Johns is recorded with the citizenship of United Kingdom and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Fevers and frontiers / editors: John Pearn, Mervyn Cobcroft. is dated 1990 and held by Wellcome Collection.

Corpse and Mirror II is dated 1974/75 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 7.1976). Direct blood transfusion / John A. McLean. is dated [1969] and held by Wellcome Collection. Target is dated 1961 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 2015.119). The Art Institute of Chicago records 2 objects associated with this heading. Osbond, John Mervyn is dated 1941-1942 and held by Wellcome Collection. Wellcome Collection records 34 objects associated with this heading.

Mervyn Johns is recorded as actor.

Authority records

The identifiers under which Mervyn Johns may be traced in institutional catalogues.

Mervyn Johns is established in the international name authorities as Wikidata Q1922184.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 2 named public collections.

The Art Institute of Chicago: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 34 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 12 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 3 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 3 means 3 genuinely separate publishers of record. 17 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1788The dawn of Australian psychiatry : an account of the measures taken for the care of mental invalids from the time of the First Fleet, 1788, to the year 1850, including a survey of the overseas background and the case notes of Dr. F. Campbell / [John Bostock]. is dated 1968 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  2. 1899Mervyn Johns born at Pembroke.
  3. 1899Mervyn Johns was born in 1899 at Pembroke.
  4. 1941Osbond, John Mervyn is dated 1941-1942 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  5. 1961Target is dated 1961 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 2015.119).
  6. 1961Target (The Art Institute of Chicago).
  7. 1968The dawn of Australian psychiatry : an account of the measures taken for the care of mental invalids from the time of the First Fleet, 1788, to the year 1850, including a survey of the overseas background and the case notes of Dr. F. Campbell / [John Bostock]. (Wellcome Collection).
  8. 1969Direct blood transfusion / John A. McLean. is dated [1969] and held by Wellcome Collection.
  9. 1969Direct blood transfusion / John A. McLean. (Wellcome Collection).
  10. 1974Anticonvulsant therapy : pharmacological basis and practice / Mervyn J. Eadie, John H. Tyrer. is dated 1974 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  11. 1974Corpse and Mirror II is dated 1974/75 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 7.1976).
  12. 1974Corpse and Mirror II (The Art Institute of Chicago).
  13. 1974Anticonvulsant therapy : pharmacological basis and practice / Mervyn J. Eadie, John H. Tyrer. (Wellcome Collection).
  14. 1990Fevers and frontiers / editors: John Pearn, Mervyn Cobcroft. is dated 1990 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  15. 1990Fevers and frontiers / editors: John Pearn, Mervyn Cobcroft. (Wellcome Collection).
  16. 1992Mervyn Johns died at Northwood.
  17. 1992Mervyn Johns died in 1992 at Northwood.
  18. 2000The flowering of a waratah : the history of Australian neurology and of the Australian Association of Neurologists / M.J. Eadie. is dated 2000 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  19. 2001A disease once sacred : a history of the medical understanding of epilepsy / M.J. Eadie and P.F. Bladin. is dated 2001 and held by Wellcome Collection.

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.

    The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with Mervyn Johns.

    museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago

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  2. 2.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 34 works naming Mervyn Johns.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  3. 3.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q1922184: Mervyn Johns

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

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  4. 4.

    “Mervyn Johns”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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Plates

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Actor Mervyn Johns in The Duke in Darkness (1942-3)

Actor Mervyn Johns in The Duke in Darkness (1942-3)

Bristol Hippodrome · The Duke in Darkness · Public domain

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