# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/harry-johnston-q772064
# Generated: 2026-08-14T22:07:05.633Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/harry-johnston-q772064"
name: "Harry Johnston"
slug: "harry-johnston-q772064"
description: "Sir Harry Hamilton Johnston was a British explorer, botanist, artist, colonial administrator, and linguist who travelled widely across Africa to speak some of the languages spoken by people on that continent. He published 40 books on subjects related to the continent of Africa and was one of the key players in the Scramble for Africa that occurred at the end of the 19th century."
tagline: "British explorer, botanist, linguist and colonial administrator (1858-1927)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait_of_Harry_Johnston.jpg?width=1200"
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1858-06-12"
deathDate: "1927-07-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump