# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edward-johnston
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:43:12.795Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edward-johnston"
name: "Edward Johnston"
slug: "edward-johnston"
description: "Edward Johnston, CBE was a Uruguayan-born British craftsman who is regarded, with Rudolf Koch, as the father of modern calligraphy, in the particular form of the broad-edged pen as a writing tool."
tagline: "British craftsman, calligrapher and typographer (1872–1944)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edward_Johnston.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1872-02-11"
deathDate: "1944-11-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.58
  momentum:             4.363636363636362
  historical:           10.77181733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Johnston"
    title: "Edward Johnston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ادوارد جونستون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8A%D0%BD"
    title: "Едуард Джонстън"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Johnston"
    title: "Edward Johnston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Johnston"
    title: "Edward Johnston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Johnston"
    title: "Edward Johnston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Johnston"
    title: "Edward Johnston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Johnston"
    title: "Edward Johnston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Johnston"
    title: "Edward Johnston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Johnston"
    title: "Edward Johnston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Johnston"
    title: "Edward Johnston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%89%E3%83%AF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%B3"
    title: "エドワード・ジョンストン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Johnston"
    title: "Edward Johnston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1292717"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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