Albert Johannsen

This article is about the geologist. For the footballer, see Albert Johanneson.

Albert Johannsen (1871–1962), was a geologist and geology professor at the University of Chicago who wrote several books on rocks. He also authored The House of Beadle and Adams and Its Dime and Nickel Novels (1950). He collected dime novels.[1] His academic focus was petrology.[2] He also wrote a book about Charles Dickens book illustrator Phiz.

Lee Wilson Dodd wrote to him enclosing an in progress text and explanation of his writing process in 1923.

Northern Illinois University has a collection of his and Edward T. LeBlanc's dime novels.[1]

His brother Oskar Johannsen was a professor of entomology at Cornell University.[3]

  1. ^ a b "Albert Johannsen and Edward T. LeBlanc | Nickels and Dimes". dimenovels.lib.niu.edu. 22 June 2017.
  2. ^ Pettijohn, F. J. (1963). "Memorial of Albert Johannsen" (PDF). American Mineralogist. 48: 454–459.
  3. ^ Fisher, D. Jerome (December 1, 1962). "Memorial to Albert Johannsen (1871–1962)". GSA Bulletin. 73 (12): P109–P114. Bibcode:1962GSAB...73P.109F. doi:10.1130/0016-7606(1962)73[P109:MTAJ]2.0.CO;2.