Quotes:Coryn, Herbert A. W.

Zirkoff, Boris

Coryn, Dr. Herbert A. W. English physician and Theosophist, b. in England, 1863; d. in San Diego, Calif., Nov. 7, 1927. Son of a physician, he studied medicine and became a member of the Royal College of Surgeons, London. For a number of years he was associated with his father in medical practice in that city. He was one of the pioneer members of the Theosophical Society, having joined it in the days of H. P. B.’s residence in London. He was one of her direct pupils in his early manhood and rendered invaluable service in those days, as an able speaker and organizer. At a later date, having moved to the U.S.A., he worked in connection with the Theosophical Headquarters at 144 Madison Avenue, New York. Soon after the Headquarters of the Universal Brotherhood and Theosophical Society, under the leadership of Katherine Tingley, were removed from New York to Point Loma, California, 411 in 1900, Dr. Coryn became one of its permanent residents, practising medicine there for twenty-six years. He was also Editor of The New Way, a magazine founded by Katherine Tingley for free distribution in prisons and hospitals. He was a Cabinet Officer of the Society and a Mason. He was unmarried.

A man of utter fidelity to the principles of the Theosophical Movement, of staunch reliability and trustworthiness, Herbert Coryn remained throughout his life a worthy pupil of H. P. B., and was well qualified to pass on to others by pen and speech the fire of theosophical enthusiasm which was lit in his own soul by H.P.B. herself.

Dr. Coryn’s sister, Frances, married Prof. Fred J. Dick (1856-1927), also one of the direct pupils of H.P.B. in the London days and an active worker in the Dublin Lodge of the T. S. in Ireland, and later at Point Loma, Calif. Dr. Coryn’s two brothers, Sidney and Edgar A. were also active in the Theosophical Movement.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 9, pp. 410-411

Coryn, Dr. Herbert A. W. (1863-1927). Vide biographical sketch in Volume IX of the present Series.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 11, p. 571