abstract:John Henry Johnson (born 1828, Kendal, United Kingdom - died 1900 Obituary on Johnson's death in 1900) was one of the first specialist patent agents in the United Kingdom and became the founding President of the Institute of Patent Agents, now the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys, on its formation in 1882.CIPA Transactions Volume LXII Session 1943-44Bromhead Johnson web site, History of the Firm, Consulted on September 30, 2009.
In 1954, 24 boxers became the first inductees into the Boxing Hall of Fame, including Henry Armstrong, Gentleman Jim Corbett, Jack Dempsey, Jack Johnson, Joe Louis and John L. Sullivan.