# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/charles-johnston
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:59:50.252Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/charles-johnston"
name: "Charles Johnston"
slug: "charles-johnston"
description: "Charles Johnston was an Irish writer, journalist, theosophist, naturalist, and Sanskrit scholar. Johnston joined the Indian Civil Service in 1888 but left India after two years due to malaria and settled in the United States in 1896. He wrote numerous books on Indian philosophy, translating works from Sanskrit as well as on Theosophy. He was married to the niece of Madame Blavatsky and was involved in the development of the Theosophical Society in the United States."
tagline: "Irish writer (1867–1931)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Charles_Johnston003.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1867-02-17"
deathDate: "1931-10-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.57
  momentum:             0.05555555555555556
  historical:           5.939849333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Charles_Johnston_(Theosophist)"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%B2_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86_(%D8%B5%D8%AD%D9%81%D9%89)"
    title: "تشارلز جونستون (صحفى)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Johnston_(Theosoph)"
    title: "Charles Johnston (Theosoph)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Johnston_(Theosophist)"
    title: "Charles Johnston (Theosophist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A7%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%B7"
    title: "Джонстон, Чарлз"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%87arlz_Conston"
    title: "Çarlz Conston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%B3_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%B9%D9%86_(%D8%AA%DA%BE%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%81%D8%B3%D9%B9)"
    title: "چارلس جانسٹن (تھیوسوفسٹ)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1065094"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump