T.C. Johnson

Thomas Crossley Johnson was an American firearms designer. The son of a President of the Yale Safe and Iron Company, Johnson was trained as an industrial engineer and worked for several companies prior to employment with the Winchester Repeating Arms Company in 1885. While working for Winchester, Johnson was responsible for some of Winchester's most memorable gun designs:
From beginning employment with Winchester in November 1885 to his death in 1934, Johnson was named on 124 patents assigned to the company.