John Brailsford Bright
Also: • J. Brailsford Bright • J. Brailsford-Bright •
(b. 1854)
British barrister; born on 29 March 1854, the eldest son of Sir Charles Tilston Bright. He studied at Balliol College, Oxford, received the M.A. in 1879 and was called to the bar at the Inner Temple on 29 June 1881. (Joseph Foster, Men-at-the-Bar (1885), “Bright, John Brailsford”; Joseph Foster, Alumni Oxonienses, 1715–1886, vol. 1, “Bright, John Brailsford”)
Under the signature J. Brailsford Bright (M.A. Oxon.), he contributed “Theosophy and Modern Socialism” to Lucifer, defending the compatibility of socialism with Theosophy in a discussion with T. B. Harbottle. The three instalments appeared in December 1887, March 1888 and May 1888. (Lucifer, vol. 1, no. 4, pp. 282-287; vol. 2, no. 7, pp. 62-67; no. 9, pp. 227-233)
He was associated with the British Freeland Association and signed a letter to A. R. Wallace in 1892. (British Library, A. R. Wallace Papers, Add MS 46440, f. 133)
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Shortly: British barrister; born on 29 March 1854, the eldest son of Sir Charles Tilston Bright. He studied a...