| LC control no. | n 86838783 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Johnston, Charles, 1867-1931 |
| Located | United States |
| Birth date | 1867-02-17 |
| Death date | 1931-10-16 |
| Place of birth | Downpatrick (Northern Ireland) |
| Profession or occupation | Authors Journalists Theosophists Naturalists |
| Found in | nuc85-81747: PatanĚjali. The yoga sutras of Patanjali [MI] c1912 (hdg. on NN rept.: Johnston, Charles, 1867-1931; usage: Charles Johnston) LC data base, 7-9-86 (hdg.: Johnston, Charles, 1867-1931) Wikipedia, September 4, 2020 (Charles Johnston (Theosophist); Charles Johnston (17 February 1867 - 16 October 1931) 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 of America 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; he was born in the small village of Ballykilbeg (in Downpatrick), County Down, Northern Ireland and was president of the Irish Literary Society) |
| Associated language | eng |
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