Irving Johnson

Sailor, Author

1905 – 1991

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Who was Irving Johnson?

Irving McClure Johnson was an American sail training pioneer, adventurer, lecturer, and author.

Early home movies show a young Johnson training for a life at sea, climbing a telephone pole in his backyard, and wrestling to prepare for the inevitable fights he believed would occur due to his reading the novels of Jack London and Joseph Conrad.

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Born
Jul 4, 1905
Hadley
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Died
Jan 2, 1991

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on July 23, 2013

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