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[[File:Vera Johnston.jpg|200px|left|thumb|Vera Jelihovsky Johnston<br>in St. Petersbourg, 1894.]] | [[File:Vera Johnston.jpg|200px|left|thumb|Vera Jelihovsky Johnston<br>in St. Petersbourg, 1894.]] | ||
'''Vera | '''Vera Vladimirovna de Zhelihovsky''' was the daughter of Madame [[Vera Petrovna de Zhelihovsky]] and niece of [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky|H. P. Blavatsky]]. | ||
In August, 1888, she married Sanskrit scholar [[Charles Johnston]]. The ceremony took place at Mme. Blavatsky's home, 17, Lansdowne Road, London. [[Henry Steel Olcott|Col. Olcott]], visiting London at the time, represented Vera's mother and the rest of the family at the civil marriage at the registrar's office.<ref>Henry Steel Olcott, ''Old Diary Leaves'' Fourth Series (Adyar, Madras: The Theosophical Publishing House, 1974), 71.</ref> | |||
At the request of [[William Quan Judge]], she translated her aunt's Russian-language letters to her family so that they could be published in [[The Path (periodical)|''The Path'']] from December, 1894 to December, 1895.<ref>Mary K. Neff, ''Personal Memoris of H. P. Blavatsky, (New York: Dutton, 1937), 241.</ref> | |||
The Johnstons became members of the [[Theosophical Society in America (Hargrove)|Theosophical Society in America, (later renamed Theosophical Society)]] headed by [[Ernest Temple Hargrove]]. | The Johnstons became members of the [[Theosophical Society in America (Hargrove)|Theosophical Society in America, (later renamed Theosophical Society)]] headed by [[Ernest Temple Hargrove]]. | ||
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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
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[[Category:TS Hargrove|Johnston, Vera]] | |||
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[[Category:Nationality Russian|Johnston, Vera]] | |||
Revision as of 15:28, 11 September 2013
Vera Vladimirovna de Zhelihovsky was the daughter of Madame Vera Petrovna de Zhelihovsky and niece of H. P. Blavatsky.
In August, 1888, she married Sanskrit scholar Charles Johnston. The ceremony took place at Mme. Blavatsky's home, 17, Lansdowne Road, London. Col. Olcott, visiting London at the time, represented Vera's mother and the rest of the family at the civil marriage at the registrar's office.[1]
At the request of William Quan Judge, she translated her aunt's Russian-language letters to her family so that they could be published in The Path from December, 1894 to December, 1895.[2]
The Johnstons became members of the Theosophical Society in America, (later renamed Theosophical Society) headed by Ernest Temple Hargrove.