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Stanley Johnson (author, politician) | ||||||||||
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Born | Stanley Patrick Johnson 18 August 1940 Penzance, Cornwall | |||||||||
Nationality | UK | |||||||||
Alma mater | Sherborne School, Exeter College (Oxford) | |||||||||
Children | • Boris Johnson • Rachel Johnson • Leo Johnson • Jo Johnson • Julia Johnson • Maximilian Johnson | |||||||||
Spouse | • Charlotte Fawcett (m. 1963; div. 1979) • Jennifer Kidd (m. 1981) | |||||||||
Interests | Environment | |||||||||
Party | Conservative | |||||||||
Father of Boris Johnson
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Stanley Johnson is a British author[1] and former Conservative Party politician who served as Member of the European Parliament from 1979 to 1984. A former employee of the World Bank and the International Planned Parenthood Federation, he has written books on environmental and (de-)population issues.
His six children include Prime Minister Boris Johnson; former MP and minister Jo Johnson (now Lord Johnson); and journalist Rachel Johnson.
Work and interests
After leaving school "he travelled alone through South America and as an undergraduate rode 4,000 miles on a motorcycle along the Marco Polo route to Afghanistan. Having won a poetry prize at Oxford and being award a Harkness Fellowship to the United States, Stanley embarked on a fascinating career, training as a spy with MI6, working at the World Bank, the United Nations and the European Union." [2]
In the 1970s, Johnson served on the staff of the World Bank and the International Planned Parenthood Federation,
Johnson was a Conservative member of the European Parliament (MEP) where he served (1979-1984) as Vice Chairman of the Parliament's Committee on Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection. He has also worked in the European Commission (1973-1979) as Head of the Prevention of Pollution division and (1984-1994) as Senior Adviser to DG Environment and as Director of Energy Policy.
Johnson has been an adviser to Price Waterhouse Coopers, a director of ERM, an environmental consultancy, a trustee of the Earthwatch Institute and Plantlife International and an environmental adviser to Jupiter Asset Management. He is a trustee of the Gorilla Organisation (www.gorillas.org) and an Ambassador for the United Nations Convention on Migratory Species. [3]
He is an Ambassador for Rewilding Europe.
Books
He has published a number of books dealing with environmental and population issues issues and nine novels, including Life without Birth: A Journey Through the Third World in Search of the Population Explosion (1970), The Population Problem (1973), The Marburg Virus (1982) and World Population - Turning the Tide (1994).
Wikipedia
Per July 2021, Wikipedia omits to mention any interests in population control.
Related Document
Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
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New Climate Reality, New Media | Article | 10 August 2021 | Mike Small | Call out the worst of columnists and publications spouting writing that is clearly against the common good and against humanity’s future. A weekly prize for the worst culprits. Naming and shaming disinformation and sponsored propaganda. |
References
- ↑ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/london-mayor-election/mayor-of-london/1924866/London-mayor-elections-2008-Family-of-influence-behind-Boris-Johnson.html
- ↑ ESU Stanley Johnson entertains the Branch, organizational web page, accessed May 10, 2013.
- ↑ Stanley Johnson About, organizational web page, accessed April 15, 2012.