William Johnston of Liverpool

William Johnston of Woodslee, Bromborough, Cheshire (1841–1917) was an early benefactor of the University of Liverpool in Liverpool, England.

He was a wealthy Northern Irish ship owner[1] who began business in Liverpool in 1863.

The Johnston Laboratories[2] and the Johnston Chair of Biochemistry[3] (the first chair in biochemistry to be established in the UK, in 1903) were named after him.

He funded the chair as part of a £25,000- philanthropic gift.

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