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Son of George Lindsay Johnson, M.D., F.R.C.S., F.R.S. (Berlin and Italy), and Susan Schreiber, his wife. Born Hampstead, London. Educated Lockers Park, Hemel Hempstead (1896-99); Uppingham School, Rutland (1899-1905); he boarded in The Hall, School Praepostor (Prefect), 1st XV Rugby (1903 and 1904), 1st XI Cricket team in which he was good enough to be listed in Wisden's "Lives of the Fallen", the memorial to those great cricketers who died in the war. In October 05, he journeyed Freiburg-in-Sachsen, East Germany in October to study mineralogy and mining, basing himself at the Anglo-American Club; he gained his Diploma in metallurgy. Headed for South Africa in 1911 to join his father where he worked for a gold mining operation in the Transvaal, specialising in "cyaniding, milling and assaying". He gained his membership of the Institute of Mining and Metallurgy in 1913. Commemorated Lockers Park School; and in the Institute of Materials, Metallurgy and Mining (I.M3), 297 Euston Road, London NW1. Volunteered from South Africa. |
