Nels Johnson

{{Short description|American clockmaker}}

{{for|the North Dakota Supreme Court Justice|Nels Johnson (judge)}}

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| name = Nels Johnson

| image = Nels Johnson, ca 1885.jpg

| image_size = 200 px

| caption = photograph, circa 1885

| birth_name = Nels Johnson

| birth_date = November 26, 1838

| birth_place = Denmark

| death_date = January 13, 1915 (aged 76)

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| resting_place = Oak Grove Cemetery in Manistee, Michigan.

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| nationality = Danish

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| occupation = Clockmaker

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Nels Johnson (1838–1915) was a Danish-American professional mechanic and engineer.{{sfn|RPC|1895|pages=185-187}}{{sfn|Murray|1888|page=563}}{{sfn|Nicholson|2013|page=99}}{{cite journal |author=Jack Linahan |date=2006 |title= Nels Johnson, Michigan clockmaker|url= |journal=NAWCC Bulletin|volume=48 |pages= 391–401}} Johnson died in Manistee on January 20, 1915, at the age of 76.{{cite news |author= |title=Manistee|url= https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67319625/ |work= Livingston County Daily Press |page=8 |location=Howell, Michigan|date= January 20, 1915 |via=Newspapers.com {{open access}} }}