institutions death_date nationality name parents birth_date article_title citizenship
royal philosophical society of glasgow 1945 scottish george johnston reverend james johnston 1855 george johnston -lrb- engineer -rrb-
 united kingdom
george johnston -lrb- engineer -rrb-

george johnston -lrb- 1855 -- 1945 -rrb- was a scottish engineer .
he was the son of the reverend james johnston , of springburn 's united presbyterian church .
george spent the early part of his career in locomotive engineering before designing and constructing scotland 's first automobile , the mo-car , which led to the formation of the arrol-johnston car company ltd. .
