View Katherine Johnson First Husband Pictures. In 1959, she married u.s. Her husband died from a brain tumor in 1956.

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Katherine coleman married her first husband, james francis goble, in 1939. Following one of nasa's human 'computers,' katherine johnson performed the complex calculations that enabled humans to successfully achieve space flight. She assisted in the 1961 flight of astronaut alan shepard in which he became the first american to enter outer space.

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I believe you met her husband levi. Johnson visited her alma mater west virginia state university, which is commemorating her centennial with a statue, on saturday to celebrate. They worked in facilities separate from their white counterparts, though johnson always maintained said johnson and her first husband, james francis goble, who died of a brain tumor in 1956, had three daughters. Katherine johnson was one of the first black students integrated into west virginia's graduate schools.