Researching Fred Johns
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 7733 people with the Johns surname? In that year Johns was ranked number 529 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Fred means "Form of FREDERICK. Peace" and is of Teutonic origin.
Records of Fred Johns on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Fred Johns and the Johns Family History
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| Did you know that there are currently 9333 people with the Johns surname in the UK? Johns is now ranked number 621 for popularity in the UK. |
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Fred Johns
Frederick Johns (22 March 1868 – 3 December 1932) was an Australian journalist and biographer.
Johns was born in Houghton, Michigan, United States, son of Cornishman Ezekial Johns of Cornwall, UK. Fred Johns was educated in Cornwall. He emigrated to Australia in 1884 and obtained a position on the South Australian Register, and rose to be a sub-editor. In 1906 he published his Johns's Notable Australians, a volume of biographies of Australians then living. A later edition appeared in 1908; from 1912–1914 it appeared as Fred Johns's Annual. In 1922 it was revived as Who's Who in the Commonwealth of Australia, and then in 1927 as Who's Who in Australia.
In 1914 Johns was appointed a member of the State Hansard staff, of which he subsequently became the leader. In 1920 Johns published a small collection of patriotic verses, In Remembrance, which was followed two years later by A Journalist's Jottings, a collection of essays dealing mostly with well-known Australians. Johns also edited the South Australian Freemason 1920–25.
Johns died at Adelaide aged 64. He was survived by a daughter. Under his will the sum of £1500 was left to the University of Adelaide to found "The Fred Johns Scholarship for Biography". Johns' An Australian Biographical Dictionary was not quite finished at the time of his death. It was completed by his friend B. S. Roach and published by his daughter in 1934, two years after his death. It contains about 3000 short biographies of eminent Australians. His work is marked by great conscientiousness and care, and as a general rule is remarkably accurate.
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