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Philip Johnson: References & Edit History

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Anniversary information added. Jan 21, 2026
Anniversary information added. Jul 04, 2025
First paragraph modernization. Mar 18, 2024
Media added. Sep 03, 2021
Invalidated site: Phillip Johnson papers, 1908-2002. Dec 17, 2019
Media added. Jun 13, 2017
Add new Web site: The Telegraph - Obituary of Philip Johnson. Jan 23, 2017
Add new Web site: Amon Carter Museum of American Art - Biography of Philip Johnson. Jan 23, 2017
Add new Web site: The New York Times - Philip Johnson, Architecture's Restless Intellect, Dies at 98. Jan 23, 2017
Add new Web site: The Pritzker Architecture Prize - Biography of Philip Johnson. Jan 23, 2017
Video added. Feb 08, 2013
Add new Web site: Public Broadcasting Service - Biography of Philip Johnson. Aug 10, 2012
Changed the year he graduated from Harvard from 1927 to 1930. Aug 25, 2009
Article revised and updated, and media added. Oct 31, 2008
Media added. Mar 12, 2008
Article revised and updated. Sep 06, 2007
Added new Web site: Academy of Achievement - Biography of Philip C. Johnson. Jul 07, 2006
Article revised. Feb 18, 2005
Article added to new online database. May 27, 1999
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