(2 August 1832 − 17 February 1907)
The bibliography lists People from the Other World (1875), the first series of Old Diary Leaves (1895; second edition, 1941), and the original daily diaries preserved in the Adyar Archives. (BCW 2:538).
The bibliography includes his diaries from 1878 onward, preserved in the Adyar Archives, Buddhist Catechism (1881), Theosophy, Religion and Occult Science (1885), and Old Diary Leaves (1895; second edition, Adyar, 1941). (BCW 3:516).
Zirkoff lists his Buddhist Catechism (Colombo, 1881), translation of Adolphe d’Assier’s Posthumous Humanity, and six-volume history of the Theosophical Society, Old Diary Leaves (1895-1935). (BCW 5:379).
De Zirkoff lists A Buddhist Catechism (1881), People from the Other World (1875), the six volumes of Old Diary Leaves, and thirty volumes of diaries preserved in the Adyar archives. (BCW 6:442).
Bibliographical references include: Old Diary Leaves. The True History of The Theosophical Society. Vol. I. New York and London: G. P. Putnam’s Sons; Madras: The Theosophist, 1895. x, 2, 491 pp. pl (BCW 9:446).
The bibliography lists the second and third series of Old Diary Leaves, published in 1900 and 1904 respectively (BCW 10:426).
Served as secretary of the National Insurance Convention in New York in 1871 and compiled its two-volume official report with his own prefaces. On page 124 of the first volume he pencilled a note that he had been paid $5,000. (B. de Zirkoff, BCW 3:13)
Assumed legal and editorial responsibility for The Theosophist on 1 November 1887. On 23 December he began transferring books to the new Adyar Library premises; the first book transferred was Isis Unveiled. (B. de Zirkoff, BCW 8:xxii-xxiii)
In spring 1888 he recuperated with the Morgans at Ootacamund and bought land for the future cottage Gulisthan, intended as a retreat for H. P. Blavatsky, himself and friends. He returned to Adyar on 12 June. (B. de Zirkoff, BCW 9:xxiv-xxv)
In August 1888 he travelled to Europe to address disagreements within the Theosophical Society. B. de Zirkoff dates his receipt of K. H.’s letter aboard the Shannon to 22 August 1888, correcting the year 1884 given in the third series of Old Diary Leaves. That autumn he took part in establishing the British and Esoteric Sections. (B. de Zirkoff, BCW 10:xxiv-xxviii, BCW 10:135-136)
Made a lecture tour of Japan in February–May 1889, meeting representatives of Buddhist schools in Kyoto on 19 February. That autumn he visited Britain and Ireland; travelling with B. Keightley, he stayed with F. J. Dick in Dublin. (B. de Zirkoff, BCW 11:xxiii-xxvi)
Some links:
- Quotes: Zirkoff, Boris
- CTD article in Russian: Олкотт, Генри Стил
- Theosophy Wiki: Henry Steel Olcott
- Other resources: Theosophy World Encyclopedia
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To show: Henry Steel Olcott; sortable: Olcott, Henry Steel
Person's short name: H. S. Olcott; sortable: Olcott, H. S.; for categories: Olcott H.S.
Lifetime: 1832-1907
Shortly: American agriculturist, military officer, journalist and lawyer; President-Founder of The Theosophic...