David H. Johnson

David Horn Johnson (1912–1996) was a zoologist and department head at the Smithsonian Institute's National Museum of Natural History, specialising in the study of mammals.

Johnson completed a Ph.D at the University of California Berkeley and began working for the museum as curator in 1941. During World War II, he became interested in Asian mammals and went on to research and publish on the topic.

After becoming head of the mammal department of the museum, he led an expedition to the Northern Australia in 1948.[1] Descriptions of parts of collection, several bats and a marsupial, were later published as new species.[2] He is reported to have been an accomplished bushman, marksman and prepared his own specimens.[1]

References

"Johnson, David Horn - Biography". www.pwrc.usgs.gov. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
Johnson, D.H. (1959). "Four new mammals from the Northern Territory of Australia". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 72: 183–187. ISSN 0006-324X.

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[usgs-1] "Johnson, David Horn - Biography". www.pwrc.usgs.gov. Retrieved 18 January 2019.

[Johnson1959-2] Johnson, D.H. (1959). "Four new mammals from the Northern Territory of Australia". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 72: 183–187. ISSN 0006-324X.