William Tournay Brown
Early member of the Theosophical Society who travelled in India with Henry S. Olcott in 1883. Author of Some Experiences in India.
Born in Glasgow in 1857, he studied law and later became interested in occultism and the Theosophical Society. His writings include Some Experiences in India (1884), The Theosophical Society: An Explanatory Treatise, and My Life (1885). (BCW 6:428-429).
Arrived at Adyar on 29 September 1883 and joined H. S. Olcott’s tour in October. The account of K. H.’s visit to their tent at Lahore is dated 20 November 1883. (B. de Zirkoff, BCW 5:xxvi, BCW 5:xxviii)
His autobiographical booklet My Life was published by D. Lauber at Freiburg in Baden in the autumn of 1885. His account Some Experiences in India was published in London by F. Hartmann and R. Harte and reprinted in The Canadian Theosophist on 15 June 1947. (B. de Zirkoff, BCW 6:29,31-34)
Some links:
- Quotes: Zirkoff, Boris
- CTD article in Russian: Браун, Уильям Турней
- Theosophy Wiki: Mahatma Letter to W T Brown - LMW 1 No. 21
- Other resources: The Theosophist, vol. 5, November (Supplement) 1883, p. 19-20
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