John Taylor Johnston was born in April 8, 1820, the son of John Johnston, a prominent merchant banker in New York City. Johnston was the founding president of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1870, as well as the President of the Central Railroad of New Jersey from 1848 to 1877. He was born and grew up in Greenwich Village, and in 1839 graduated from New York University, an institution founded by his father and several other civic-minded New Yorkers.

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  • John Taylor Johnston was born in April 8, 1820, the son of John Johnston, a prominent merchant banker in New York City. Johnston was the founding president of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1870, as well as the President of the Central Railroad of New Jersey from 1848 to 1877. He was born and grew up in Greenwich Village, and in 1839 graduated from New York University, an institution founded by his father and several other civic-minded New Yorkers. He later studied at Yale Law School, and was admitted to the bar in 1843. In 1856, Johnston constructed the first marble mansion in New York as his residence at 8 Fifth Avenue, just north of Washington Square. He died there on March 24, 1893.
  • John Taylor Johnston né en 1820, fils de John Johnston, était un homme d'affaire et un collectionneur d'art américain. Il est né et a grandi à Greenwich Village, diplômé de la New York University en 1839, il étudia le droit à Yale de 1839 à 1841. Johnston fut le président fondateur du Metropolitan Museum of Art, ainsi que le président de la Central Railroad of New Jersey. Johnston construisit la première demeure en marbre de New York et en fit sa résidence, au numéro 8 Fifth Avenue. Il est mort en 1893.
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  • John Taylor Johnston was born in April 8, 1820, the son of John Johnston, a prominent merchant banker in New York City. Johnston was the founding president of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1870, as well as the President of the Central Railroad of New Jersey from 1848 to 1877. He was born and grew up in Greenwich Village, and in 1839 graduated from New York University, an institution founded by his father and several other civic-minded New Yorkers.
  • John Taylor Johnston né en 1820, fils de John Johnston, était un homme d'affaire et un collectionneur d'art américain. Il est né et a grandi à Greenwich Village, diplômé de la New York University en 1839, il étudia le droit à Yale de 1839 à 1841. Johnston fut le président fondateur du Metropolitan Museum of Art, ainsi que le président de la Central Railroad of New Jersey.
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