# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-needham-cust
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:26:07.063Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-needham-cust"
name: "Robert Needham Cust"
slug: "robert-needham-cust"
description: "Robert Needham Cust was a British administrator and judge in colonial India apart from being an Anglican evangelist and linguist. He was part of the Orientalism movement and active within the British and Foreign Bible Society. He was a prolific writer and wrote on a range of subjects."
tagline: "British linguist (1821–1909)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert_Needham_Cust.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1821-02-24"
deathDate: "1909"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           35.91
  momentum:             0.1111111111111111
  historical:           4.803276
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Needham_Cust"
    title: "Robert Needham Cust"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Needham_Cust"
    title: "Robert Needham Cust"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%2C_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%B4%D1%85%D1%8D%D0%BC"
    title: "Каст, Роберт Нидхэм"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Needham_Cust"
    title: "Robert Needham Cust"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Robert_Needham_Cust"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4216807"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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